ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION)
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delivery of any message or cancels or destroys any
message or an application for the transmission of any
message without a good cause;
(d) wilfully represents a message as having been sent by a
person other than the sender or as being addressed to a
person other than the addressee, or an application for
the transmission of a message as having been made by
a person other than the applicant, without good cause;
(e) wilfully cancels or destroys any message not addressed
to him or an application for the transmission of a
message, without good cause; or
(f) unlawfully withdraws from the control of an
undertaking, or of an individual employed or detailed
for duty with, or attached to, an undertaking, a
message addressed to another person,
shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable, on
conviction, to a fine (multa) not exceeding twenty-five thousand
euro (€25,000) or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six
months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(4)
Any person who assaults or obstructs or impedes any
officer, employee or agent of an undertaking in the exercise of his
duties with such undertaking shall be guilty of an offence under
this Act, and shall on conviction be liable to a fine (multa) not
exceeding fifteen thousand euro (€15,000) or to imprisonment for a
period not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and
imprisonment.
(5)
Any person who, without being duly authorised at law,
uses any apparatus for the purpose of deliberately interfering with
radiocommunications shall be guilty of an offence under this Act
and shall on conviction be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding
fifty thousand euro (€50,000) and, or to a daily fine (multa) not
exceeding one thousand euro (€1,000) for each day of noncompliance, and, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one
year, or to such fine or fines and to such imprisonment.
49. Any person who by means
communications network or apparatus -
of
an
electronic
(a) threatens the commission of any crime; or
(b) with intent to extort money or any other thing, or to
make any gain, or with intent to induce another person
to do or omit from doing any thing, threatens to accuse
or to make a complaint against, or to defame, that or
another person; or
(c) makes any other improper use thereof,
s h a l l b e g u i l t y o f a n o ff e n c e u n d e r t h i s A c t a n d s h a l l , o n
conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding twenty five
thousand euro (€25,000) and, in the case of a continuing offence, to
a further fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred euro (€500) for
each day during which the offence continues; for each day during
Use of electronic
communications
apparatus to make
threats.
Added by:
XXX. 2007.33.
Re-numbered by:
XII. 2010.5;
IX. 2011.34.
Amended by:
XI.2018.32;
LII. 2021.46.