<Tr> <Th> Section </Th> <Th> Offence </Th> <Th> Description </Th> <Th> Penalty </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 66A </Td> <Td> Publishing offensive, false or threatening information </Td> <Td> Any person who sends by any means of a computer resource any information that is grossly offensive or has a menacing character; or any information which he knows to be false, but for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine . </Td> <Td> Imprisonment up to three years, with fine . </Td> </Tr> <P> In December 2012, P Rajeev, a Rajya Sabha member from Kerala, tried to pass a resolution seeking to amend the Section 66A . He was supported by D. Bandyopadhyay, Gyan Prakash Pilania, Basavaraj Patil Sedam, Narendra Kumar Kashyap, Rama Chandra Khuntia and Baishnab Charan Parida . P Rajeev pointed that cartoons and editorials allowed in traditional media, were being censored in the new media . He also said that law was barely debated before being passed in December 2008 . </P> <P> Rajeev Chandrasekhar suggested the 66A should only apply to person to person communication pointing to a similar section under the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 . Shantaram Naik opposed any changes, saying that the misuse of law was sufficient to warrant changes . Then Minister for Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal defended the existing law, saying that similar laws existed in US and UK . He also said that a similar provision existed under Indian Post Office Act, 1898 . However, P Rajeev said that the UK dealt only with communication from person to person . </P>

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