16. Criminal Liability of Service Providers A service provider shall be criminally liable in accordance with Articles 12 to 14, of this Proclamation for any illegal computer content data disseminated through its computer systems by third parties, if it has: 17. 1/ directly involved in the dissemination or edition of the content data; 2/ upon obtaining actual knowledge that the content data is illegal, failed to take any measure to remove or to disable access to the content data; or 3/ failed to take appropriate measure to remove or to disable access to the content data upon obtaining notice from competent administrative authorities. SECTION FOUR OTHER OFFENCES Failure to Cooperate and Hindrance of Investigation Whosoever: 18. 1/ fails to comply with the obligations provided for under sub-article (2) of Article 23, sub-article (6) of Article 24, sub-article (2) of Article 29, subarticle (2) of Article 30 or sub-article (4) of Article 31 of this Proclamation, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment not exceeding one year or fine; 2/ intentionally hinders the investigation process of computer crimes conducted pursuant to this Proclamation shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding five years and fine not exceeding Birr 50,000. Criminal Act Stipulated in Other Laws Where any crime other than those provided for under this Part is committed by means of a computer, the relevant law shall apply. 19. Concurrent Crimes Where any of the criminal acts provided for under this Part has resulted in the commission of another crime punishable under any special law or criminal code, the relevant provision shall apply concurrently. 20. Penalty Imposed on Juridical Person Notwithstanding sub-article (1), (3) and (4) of Article 90 of the Criminal Code of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, where any offence stipulated under this Part is committed by juridical person, 8

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