law: Information Technology Act, 2000
  6. Use of electronic records and digital
  
  signatures in Government and its agencies. – 
  (1) Where any law provides for-
  (a) the filing of any
  
  form, application or any other document with any office authority, body for
  
  agency owned or controlled by the appropriate Government in a particular
  
  manner;
  (b) the issue or grant
  
  of any license, permit. Sanction or approval by whatever name called in a
  
  particular manner;
  (c) the receipt or
  
  payment of money in a particular manner, the, notwithstanding anything
  
  contained in any other law for the time being in force, such requirement shall
  
  be deemed to have been satisfied if such filing, issue, grant, receipt or
  
  payment, as the case be, is effected by means of such electronic form as may be
  
  prescribed by the appropriate Government.
  (2) The appropriate Government may, for the
  
  purposes of sub-section (1), by rules, prescribe-
  (a) the manner and
  
  format in which such electronic records shall be filed, created or issued;
  (b) the manner or
  
  method of payment of any fee or charges for filing, creation or issue any
  
  electronic record clause (a).