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Under section 87, IT Act 2000 (1)
Text
Section 87, IT Act 2000 [S10-43M]
As at 7 September 2026. In force from 17 October 2000.
87. Power of Central Government to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette and in the Electronic Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
[...]
(z) the procedure and safeguards for blocking for access by the public under sub-section (2) of section 69A;
[...]
(zg) the guidelines to be observed by the intermediaries under sub-section (2) of section 79;
[...]
Defined terms in this text (1)
intermediary: Section 2, IT Act 2000 [S103YQ] ((1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— [...]): "intermediary", with respect to any particular electronic records, means any person who on behalf of another person receives, stores or transmits that record or provides any service with respect to that record, and includes telecom, network and internet service providers, web-hosting providers, search engines, online payment and auction sites, online-market places and cyber cafes [...]
intermediary: 25 more definitions.
Made under this section, or naming it (1)
Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 [R10-023], 25 February 2021, in force. Recital: "In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), clauses (z) and (zg) of sub-section (2) of section 87 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), and in supersession of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:—"
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