law: Information Technology Act, 2000
  70. Protected system.- 
  (1) The appropriate Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, declare that any computer, computer
  
  system or computer network to be a protected system.
  (2) The appropriate Government may, by order
  
  in writing, authorize the persons who are authorized to access protected
  
  systems notified under sub-section.
  (3) Any person who secures access or attempts
  
  to secure access to a protected system in contravention of the provisions of
  
  this section shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
  
  term which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.