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Under the IT Act, 2000, unless the originator and addressee have agreed otherwise, the time of receipt of an electronic record, where the addressee has designated a computer resource for receiving it, is the time when the record:

Where the addressee has designated a computer resource, receipt takes place when the electronic record enters that resource. The law does not wait for the addressee to open, read or print it, so reading time does not determine legal receipt.

  1. AEnters the designated computer resourceCorrect
  2. BIs first opened and read by the addressee
  3. CIs typed by the originator
  4. DIs printed by the addressee's office

Explanation

When the addressee has designated a computer resource, receipt occurs when the electronic record enters that resource. Actual reading is not required, so the opening or printing time is not the legal time of receipt. Typing is only part of creation.

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