PART 3
COMPUTER RELATED OFFENCES
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Computer related fraud
A person who intentionally and without lawfal excuse causes a loss of property to
another person by:
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any input, alteration, deletion or suppression of data; or
(b)
any interference with the functioning of a computer system,
with fraudulent intent of procuring personal gain for another person, commits an
offence and is liable on conviction:
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in the case of an individual- to a fine not exceeding VT5,000,000,
or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 years, or both; or
(ii) —_ in the case of a body corporate- to a fine not exceeding
VT10,000,000,
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(1)
Iiegal access with intent to commit or facilitate further offences
A person is guilty of an offence under this section if the person commits
an offence, under section 3, with the intent:
(a)
to commit an offence to which this section applies; or
(b) __ to facilitate the commission of such an offence (whether by the
person committing the offence or by any other person),
and the offence the person intends to commit or facilitate is a further
offence.
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Tt is immaterial for the purposes of this section whether the further offence
is committed on the same occasion as the unauthorised access offence or
on any future occasion.
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A person may be charged with an offence under this section even though
the facts are such that the commission of the further offence is impossible.
4)
A person who intentionally accesses, without lawful excuse, the whole or
any part of a computer system and commits or facilitates a further offence,
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is liable on conviction:
4a)
inthe.
of ancase
individual. toa fine not exceeding VT7,000,000
or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 7 years, or both; or
(b) _ in the case of a body corporate- to a fine not exceeding
VT9,000,000,
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