Chapter Ten
Crimes and Penalties
Article (67)
Without prejudice to any provision for a more severe punishment stipulated under any
other law, any person who deliberately commits any of the following shall be subject to
imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years and/or a fine not exceeding three hundred
thousand (300,000) Riyals:
(1) Unlawful access to any information system, data message or electronic
commerce service or related transaction, including by circumventing
security measures and with the intent of obtaining information or
making any other illegal use of the information system, data message
or electronic commerce service or related transaction.
(2) Providing false or misleading information to the Supreme Council or
misusing the certification services.
(3) Creating, publishing or using electronic signatures or certification
certificates for unlawful purposes.
(4) Destroying or damaging a data message, electronic signature,
certification certificate or any other electronic medium.
(5) Forging a data message, electronic signature, a certification certificate
or any other electronic medium by imitation, modification, issuance or
by any other means or using any of them with knowledge of forgery.
(6) Providing false information to the certification service provider or
false electronic signature information to any party relying on this
signature under this Law.
(7) Illegally accessing, copying, reproducing or obtaining the electronic
signature system or the signature creation data of another person.
(8) Steeling the identity of a person or falsely claiming to represent
him/her in applying for, accepting or requesting the suspension or
revocation of certification certificate.
(9) Publishing, circulating or providing a certification certificate that
contains or refers to false information.
(10) Intercept or commit illegal interference with any information
system, electronic communication or electronic commerce service.
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