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Mehta Exports Ltd programmes its order-processing system to automatically send purchase confirmations to suppliers. Due to a configuration error by an employee, the system sends a confirmation for 500 units, which no director personally approved. Under Section 11 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, to whom is the electronic record attributed?

The record is attributed to Mehta Exports Ltd as originator. Section 11 attributes a record to the originator when it is sent by an information system programmed by or on behalf of the originator to operate automatically, regardless of personal approval by directors.

  1. ATo the employee only, since the error was his
  2. BTo no one, as no director personally sent it
  3. CTo Mehta Exports Ltd as originator, because it was sent by an information system programmed by or on behalf of the originator to operate automaticallyCorrect
  4. DTo the supplier, who must verify it before relying on it

Explanation

Section 11(c) attributes an electronic record to the originator if it was sent by an information system programmed by or on behalf of the originator to operate automatically. Personal approval is not needed. The employee-only option ignores that the system was programmed on behalf of the company.

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