Cybercrimes Act
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harass or cause emotional distress.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is
liable on conviction to a fine of not less than three million shillings or to
imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or to both.
Violation of
intellectual
property rights
24.-(1) A person shall not use a computer system to violate intellectual
property rights protected under any written law.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and in
case the infringement is on (a) non-commercial basis, is liable to a fine of not less than five million
shillings or to imprisonment for a term of not less than three years or
both; or
(b) commercial basis, is liable to a fine of not less than twenty million
shillings or to imprisonment for a term of not less than five years or
to both.
Principal offenders
25.- (1) Any person who–
(a) does an act or makes an omission which constitutes an offence;
(b) does or omits to do any act for the purpose of enabling or aiding
another person to commit an offence;
(c) aids or abets another person in committing an offence;
(d) counsels or procures any other person to commit an offence,
is deemed to have taken part in committing the offence, and shall be charged as
a person who committed an offence.
(2) A person who procures another to do or omit to do any act of such a
nature that, if he had himself done the act or made the omission, the act or
omission would have constituted an offence on his part, commits an offence of
the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if he had himself had done
the act or the omission.
Attempt
26.- (1) Where a person, intends to commit an offence, puts his intention
into execution by means adapted to its fulfilment, and manifests his intention by
some overt act, but does not fulfil his intention to such extent as to commit the
offence, he is deemed to have attempted to commit the offence.
(2) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial(a) except so far as regards to punishment, whether-
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