10 CAP. 4.41 Electronic Crimes Act LAWS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Revision Date: 31 Dec 2017 Computer-related fraud. 9. A person who knowingly, without lawful excuse or justification or in excess of a lawful excuse or justification, causes loss of property to another person by— (a) any input, alteration, deletion or suppression of computer data; (b) any interference with the functioning of a computer system, with fraudulent or dishonest intent of procuring, without right, an economic benefit for oneself or for another person, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment, to a fine of fifty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of five years or both. (Substituted by Act 26 of 2012) Unlawful disclosure of access code. 10. (1) A person who knowingly and without authority discloses any password, access code or any other means of gaining access to any program or data held in a computer commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of two years or to both such fine and imprisonment. (2) A person who knowingly and without authority discloses any password, access code or any other means of gaining access to any program or data held in a computer— (a) for any unlawful gain, whether to himself or to another person; (b) for an unlawful purpose; or (c) knowing that it is likely to cause unlawful damage, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of fifty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of five years or to both such fine and imprisonment and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of seven years or to both such fine and imprisonment. Unauthorised access to restricted computer system. 11. (1) Where a person who does not possess the relevant authorisation for gaining access to a restricted computer system— (a) gains access to the system, that person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of seventy-five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of five years or to both such fine and imprisonment; (b) gains access to a restricted computer system in the course of the commission of an offence under section 4, 5, 6 or 7, the person convicted of that offence is, in lieu of the penalty prescribed in those sections, is liable, on conviction on indictment, to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of seven years or to both such fine and imprisonment. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a “restricted computer system” shall be treated as such if the person committing the offence knew, or ought reasonably to