Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 — Section 43: Offences to be compoundable and non-cognizable

43. Offences to be compoundable and non-cognizable.— (1) All offences under this Act, except the offences under sections 1[10, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 and 26A] and abetment thereof, shall be non-cognizable, bailable and compoundable: Provided that offences under section 17 shall be cognizable by the investigation agency on a written complaint by the Authority.

(2)Offences under sections 10, 21 1[13, 14, 20, 22, 22A, 22B, 22C and 26A] and abetment thereof shall be non-bailable, non-compoundable and cognizable by the investigation agency.