CYBER CRIME & CYBER SECURITY TRENDS IN AFRICA 55 Country Indicative status of specific criminal law provisions on cyber crime and electronic evidence (as of April 2016, based on information available) Morocco Partial • Amendments to criminal and criminal procedure codes underway with specific provisions on cyber crime and electronic evidence Mozambique Partial • Partial substantive law provisions in amended Penal Code of 2015 Namibia No Niger No Nigeria Yes Rwanda Partial • Partial substantive law provisions in Penal Code (section 5) Sao Tome and Principe No • No specific legislation in force (amendments to the Penal Code (Law 6/2012) cover illegal interception, computer-related fraud and child pornography) Senegal Yes Seychelles No • No specific legislation in force Sierra Leone No • No specific legislation in force Somalia No • No specific legislation in force South Africa Partial • Draft law (Cyber Crimes and Cyber Security Bill) in National Assembly following public consultations in December 2015. Following Budapest Convention South Sudan No • No specific legislation in force Sudan Partial • Cyber Crime Act 2007 Swaziland No Tanzania Yes Togo No Tunisia Partial Uganda Yes Zambia Yes Zimbabwe Partial • Partial legislation in force • No specific legislation in force • Draft law with substantive provisions (Electronic Transactions and Cyber Crime Bill 2013) • No specific legislation in force • Draft law following Budapest Convention • Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act 2015 • Evidence Act as amended in 2011 for admissibility of electronic evidence • Law 2008-11 (25 January 2008) following Budapest Convention • Accession to Budapest Convention underway • Partial legislation in force • No specific legislation in force • Draft Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Bill • Cyber Crimes Act 2015 (20 February 2015) • No specific legislation in force • Draft law on cyber crime • Few provisions in Penal Code. • Draft law on cyber crime and accession to Budapest Convention under consideration • Computer Misuse Act 2011 (14 February 2011) • Computer Misuse and Crimes Act 2004 • Electronic Communication and Transactions Act (ECT Act) no 21 (31 August 2009) • Chapter VIII Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act 2004 with substantive law provisions • Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Bill in preparation