(PARLIAMENT)]
[AS PASSED BY THE MAJLIS.E.SHOORA
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BILL
lo mqkr proviiions for prevenlion of eleclronic crimes
WHEREAS it is expedient to ptevent unautho zed acts wi& rcspect to informatiotr
systems and providc for related offences as well as fiechanisms lor their invcstigation.
prosecutiofl, trial and international coopetation with respect thereof and for matters connected
tllerewith or ancillary thercto:
It is hc(eby enactcd as follows: CIIAPTER I
PREI,IMINARY
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Short titlc, ertenl, epplic.tioa aDd commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016.
(2)
lt cxtends to the whole of Pakistan.
(3)
It shall apply to cvery citizen of Pakistan wherever he may be and also to every
olher person for the time being in Pakistan.
(4)
It shall also apply to any
act cornmitted outside Pakistan by any pcrson
if the act
constitutes an offence under this Act and affects a person, property. idformation system or data
located
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Pakistan.
(5)
2.
lt sfiall come into force
Definitions.-
(a)
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at once.
In rhis Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,
"act" includes-
(D
a series
(iD
causing an aot to be done by a pcrson either directly or tkough an
of acts or omissions contrary to the provisions of this Act; or
automated information system or automated mechanism or self-executing,
adaptive
or
autonomous device and whethcr having lempomry or
permanenl impact;
(b)
"access to da1a" means gaining con&ol or ability to use, copy, modily or delete
alry data hcld in or generaled by any device or info(hation system;