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A messaging company fails to preserve and retain information in the duration, manner and format prescribed by the Central Government under section 67C, and the failure is intentional. Separately, it ignores a direction from CERT-In under section 70B(6). Which pairing of consequences is correct?

Intentional breach of the retention duty under section 67C attracts a penalty up to twenty-five lakh rupees, while ignoring CERT-In's information call or direction under section 70B attracts imprisonment up to one year, or fine up to one crore rupees, or both.

  1. ASection 67C: penalty up to twenty-five lakh rupees; section 70B: imprisonment up to one year or fine up to one crore rupees or bothCorrect
  2. BSection 67C: imprisonment up to one year; section 70B: penalty up to twenty-five lakh rupees
  3. CBoth: penalty up to one crore rupees only, with no imprisonment
  4. DSection 67C: imprisonment for life; section 70B: fine up to one lakh rupees

Explanation

Section 67C(2) makes the intermediary liable to a penalty up to twenty-five lakh rupees. Section 70B(7) provides imprisonment up to one year or fine up to one crore rupees or both, the fine having been raised from one lakh. Option 2 swaps the consequences.

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