k- The Service Provider: Any natural or juridical person, public or private that
provide the subscribers with the communication services through information
technology, or process and save the electronic data and information on behalf of
the communication service or whoever use it.
l- The Monetary Card: A tangible electronic intermediary used for the electronic
withdrawal or deposit or payment by using the informational network or the
information technology tools such as the credit cards and the smart cards but
doesn’t include the communication cards and the prepaid electronic services.
m- Reception: To view or obtain the data or the electronic information.
n- The content: The subject matter of the incriminating data and the electronic
information pursuant to the provisions of this law whether that content is
written, sound, photograph or sound and photograph.
o- Pornographic materials: A content of sexual instinct.
p- The Human organs: Any biotic organ of the human body or part of that organ.
Article (2)
The provisions of this law shall apply to the cyber crimes, even if committed wholly
or partially out of the Sultanate whenever damage to its interests is ensued, or if the
criminal result is ascertained within its territories or being intended to be
ascertained therein even though not yet ascertained.
Chapter Two
Violation of safety, confidentiality of data & electronic information and
the informational systems.
Article (3)
Everyone who intentionally and illegally access an electronic site or informational
system or information technology tools or part of it or exceeded his authorized
access to it or continued his existence therein after being aware of his access, shall
be punished with imprisonment for a period not less than one month and not
exceeding six month and a fine not less than OMR one hundred and not more than
OMR five hundred or by either penalty.
If the acts mentioned in the above paragraph resulted in deletion or change or
amendment or disfigure or mischief or copying or destruction or re-dissemination of
data or electronic information saved in the informational system or the tools of the
information technology, or damaging that system or the information technology
tools or the informational network or causes damage to users or beneficiaries, then
the penalty shall be with imprisonment for a period not less than six months and not
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