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Kaveri Estates Ltd plans to execute a transaction digitally and asks its CS whether the Information Technology Act, 2000 validates every kind of electronic document. The CS points to the sub-section dealing with excluded documents. What does the Act provide?

The Act does not apply to documents or transactions listed in the First Schedule. The Central Government may add or delete entries by notification in the Official Gazette, and each such notification must be laid before both Houses of Parliament.

  1. ANothing in the Act applies to documents or transactions specified in the First Schedule, and the Central Government may amend that Schedule by notification in the Official GazetteCorrect
  2. BThe First Schedule can be amended only by an Act of Parliament and not by notification
  3. CThe Act applies to all documents without any exception
  4. DThe Schedule may be amended by the Central Government but need not be laid before Parliament

Explanation

Section 1(4) says the Act does not apply to documents or transactions in the First Schedule, and the Central Government may add or delete entries by notification. Under section 1(5), every such notification is laid before each House of Parliament, so the last option is wrong.

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