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An intermediary knowingly refuses to extend facilities to an agency authorised under Section 69B(1). As the section stands after the 2023 amendment, what is the punishment under Section 69B(4)?

The punishment is imprisonment up to one year, or fine up to one crore rupees, or both. This is the position under Section 69B(4) after the 2023 amendment, which replaced the earlier three years' imprisonment plus fine.

  1. AImprisonment up to three years and also liable to fine
  2. BImprisonment up to one year, or fine up to one crore rupees, or bothCorrect
  3. CImprisonment for life
  4. DFine only, up to ten lakh rupees

Explanation

Section 69B(4), as substituted by Act 18 of 2023, provides imprisonment which may extend to one year, or fine which may extend to one crore rupees, or both. The earlier text was imprisonment up to three years and also liable to fine, which is the superseded position. Life imprisonment relates to cyber terrorism under Section 66F.

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