CAP. 124B Computer Misuse L.R.O. 2005 10 s.12 (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, liable, on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $100 000 or to imprisonment for a term of 7 years or to both. (2) It is a defence to a charge brought under subsection (1) to prove that access to a restricted computer system was obtained inadvertently and with no intent to commit an offence. Schedule. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a "restricted computer system" means any system or part of a system belonging to the entities set out in the Schedule, that is not available for access to the public and in respect of which notice of the restriction is given (a) in the Official Gazette and in a newspaper published daily in Barbados; and (b) on a computer at the time when the attempt is made to gain access to the system. Schedule. Unauthorised receiving or giving of access to computer programme or data. (4) The Minister may by order amend the Schedule by adding to or deleting from the list of entities set out in the Schedule. 12. (1) Where a person who is not authorised (a) to have a programme or computer data; or (b) to have access to any programme or data held in a computer receives or is given access to that programme or data, he is guilty of an offence whether or not the person from whom the programme or data was received or through whom access was attained was authorised to make it available to him.

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