The Chairperson, Members and other officers and employees of a Cyber Appellate Tribunal, the Controller, the Deputy Controller and the Assistant Controllers shall be deemed to be Public Servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
Section 81-A: Application of the Act to Electronic cheque and Truncated cheque
(1) The provisions of this Act, for the time being in force, shall apply to, or in relation to, electronic cheques and the truncated cheques subject to such modifications and amendments as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881) by the Central Government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, by notification in the Official Gazette.
(2) Every notification made by the Central Government under subsection (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the notification or both houses agree that the notification should not be made, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the notification.
Explanation: For the purpose of this Act, the expression “electronic cheque” and “truncated cheque” shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in section 6 of the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 (26 of 1881).
Section 81: Act to have Overriding effect
The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force.
Provided that nothing contained in this Act shall restrict any person from exercising any right conferred under the Copyright Act 1957 or the Patents Act 1970.
Section 80: Power of Police Officer and Other Officers to Enter, Search, etc
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, any police officer, not below the rank of a Inspector or any other officer of the Central Government or a State Government authorized by the Central Government in this behalf may enter any public place and search and arrest without warrant any person found therein who is reasonably suspected of having committed or of committing or of being about to commit any offence under this Act.
Explanation-
For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression “Public Place” includes any public conveyance, any hotel, any shop or any other place intended for use by, or accessible to the public.
(2) Where any person is arrested under sub-section (1) by an officer other than a police officer, such officer shall, without unnecessary delay, take or send the person arrested before a magistrate having jurisdiction in the case or before the officer-in-charge of a police station.
(3) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall, subject to the provisions of this section, apply, so far as may be, in relation to any entry, search or arrest, made under this section.
Chapter 13: Miscellaneous
Section 80: Power of Police Officer and Other Officers to Enter, Search, etc
Section 81: Act to have Overriding effect
Section 81-A: Application of the Act to Electronic cheque and Truncated cheque
Section 82: Chairperson, Members, Officers and Employees to be Public Servants
Section 83: Power to Give Direction
Section 84: Protection of Action taken in Good Faith
Section 84A: Modes or methods for encryption
Section 84B: Punishment for abetment of offences
Section 84C: Punishment for attempt to commit offences
Section 85: Offences by Companies
Section 86: Removal of Difficulties
Section 87: Power of Central Government to make rules
Section 88: Constitution of Advisory Committee
Section 89: Power of Controller to make Regulations
Section 90: Power of State Government to make rules