Prank calls to law enforcement
15.(1) A person shall not make calls to any law enforcement authority or
emergency services with the purpose of giving false and misleading
information.
(2)
A person making a call to any law enforcement or emergency services
shall not–
(a) use a caller identification service to transmit misleading or
inaccurate caller identification information service;
(b) mask their voice; or
(c) provide a fake phone number to the call recipient.
(3)
A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits and offence and
is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars
or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both.
Electronic stalking
16. (1) A person shall not knowingly or without lawful excuse or justification
intimidate, coerce, insult or annoy another person using an electronic system.
(2)
A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or to both.
Spoof and Spam
17. (1) A person shall not knowingly or without lawful excuse or justification
establish a website or send an electronic message with a counterfeit source–
(a) so that the recipient or visitor of an electronic system will
believe it to be an authentic source; or
(b) to attract or solicit a person or electronic system;
for the purpose of gaining unauthorized access to commit a further offence or
obtain information which can be used for unlawful purposes.
(2)
A person shall not knowingly or without lawful excuse or justification(a) initiate the transmission of multiple electronic mail messages from or
through an electronic system;
(b) use a protected computer system to relay or retransmit multiple
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