An Act to provide legal recognition
for transactions carried out by means of electronic data interchange
and other means of electronic communication, commonly referred
to as "electronic commerce", which involve the use
of alternatives to paper-based methods of communication and
storage of information, to facilitate electronic filing of
documents with the Government agencies and further to amend
the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the
Banker's Book Evidence Act, 1891 and the Reserve Bank of India
Act, 1934 and for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto.