S.7 [No. 11.] Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017. [2017.] (b) provide such information to the member as he or she may reasonably require. (6) The Police (Property) Act 1897 or, where appropriate, section 25 of the Criminal Justice Act 1951 shall apply to property which has come into the possession of the Garda Síochána under this section as that Act or such section 25, as the case may be, applies to property which has come into the possession of the Garda Síochána in the circumstances mentioned in that Act concerned. (7) A person who— (a) obstructs or attempts to obstruct a member acting under the authority of a search warrant under this section, (b) fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (4)(b) or (5), or (c) in relation to a requirement under subsection (5), gives a name and address or provides information which the member has reasonable cause for believing is false or misleading in a material respect, shall be guilty of an offence. (8) The power to issue a warrant under this section is without prejudice to any other power conferred by statute to issue a warrant for the search of any place or person. (9) In this section— “computer” includes a personal organiser or any other electronic means of information storage and retrieval; “computer at the place that is being searched” includes any other computer, whether at the place being searched or at any other place, which is lawfully accessible by means of that computer; “member” means a member of the Garda Síochána who falls within paragraph (a) of the definition of “member” in section 3(1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. Penalties 8. (1) A person who commits an offence under section 2, 4, 5, 6 or 9(1) shall be liable— (a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both. (2) A person who commits an offence under section 3 shall be liable— (a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both. 6

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