No. 25] Interception of Communications PROTECTED PART III INFORMATION DATA AND TRAFFIC 13. (1) Except as provided in this section, a person who intentionally intercepts or otherwise acquires protected information or traffic data by means of a communication network commits an offence and, on conviction on indictment, is liable to: (a) a fine of not less than twenty five thousand dollars and not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years in the first instance; (5) a fine of not less than fifty thousand dollars and not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years in the second instance; and (c) a fine of one hundred thousand dollars and a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years in the subsequent instances. (2) A person who intentionally intercepts or otherwise acquires protected information or traffic data in the course of its transmission by means of a communication network for the purpose of commercial benefit, political advantage, or criminal activity commits an offence, and on conviction on indictment, is liable to: (a) a fine of not less than fifty thousand dollars and not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years in the first instance; (b) 507 a fine of not less than one hundred thousand dollars and not exceeding two hundred thousand Unauthorised interception of protected information, ete,