Act 9
Penal Code Act
2008
(a) if the offence was committed in any of the aggravating
circumstances described in section 392 (a), below, to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or with
a fine or with both; or
(b) in any other case, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years or with a fine or with both.
(3) It shall be a defence to a charge of unauthorised access to or use
of a computer for the accused to prove that he or she was not
motivated by malice when engaging in the conduct constituting
the offence, and that the conduct did not materially affect the
data, programme or system in question nor the interests of the
owner of the computer or computer network.
390. Deliberate Introduction of Computer Virus into Computer
or Computer Network.
Whoever, without authority from the owner of the computer or
computer network, knowingly introduces or causes to be
introduced any computer virus into any computer or computer
network commits the offence of deliberate introduction of a
computer virus into a computer or computer network, and upon
conviction, shall be sentenced as follows—
(a) if the offence was committed in any of the aggravating
circumstances described in section 392 (a), to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or
with a fine or with both; or
(b) in any other case, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years or with a fine or with both.
391. Unauthorised
Programme.
Manipulation
of
Proposed
Computer
(1) Whoever fraudulently or mischievously creates, alters or
manipulates any data, programme or system, or any part or
portion thereof which is intended for installation in a
computer, commits the offence of unauthorised
manipulation of a proposed computer programme.
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