ARTICLE 74 USE OF FRAUDULENT MEANS Without prejudice to any stricter penalty provided for in the Law of Penalties or any other law, the following shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dinars: 1 every Person that obtains any service provided by a Licensed Operator, by fraudulent means with intent to avoid payment of any prescribed tariffs for obtaining such service. 2 every Person that acquires, has under his control or provides or offers to provide anything that can be used for obtaining, or for a purpose relating to obtaining, any service provided by a Licensed Operator, with intent to avoid payment of any tariffs prescribed for obtaining such service. 3 every Person that uses or assists in using fraudulent means to obtain a service that is provided by a Licensed Operator with the intention to avoid payment of any tariffs prescribed for obtaining such service. ARTICLE 75 DIVERSION, TAPPING AND DISCLOSURE OF MESSAGES Without prejudice to any stricter penalty provided for in the Law of Penalties or any other law, every Person that uses Telecommunications Equipment or Telecommunications Network shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dinars for intending to: 1 send any message in the knowledge that the contents of the message are false, misleading, offensive to public policy or morals, endanger the safety of third parties or prejudice the efficiency of any service. 2 tap into or disclose the secrecy of any conversation or data relating to the contents of any message, its sender or receiver unless such tapping or disclosure is permitted by the Public Prosecutor’s Office or by virtue of an order issued by the court of competent jurisdiction. ARTICLE 76 LIABILITY OF A JURISTIC ENTITY A juristic entity shall be criminally liable if one of the offences provided for in this Law is committed in its name, for its account or by using its equipment or network as a result of an act, material negligence, consent or acquiescence of any board member, director or any other person responsible within that juristic entity or by those acting in such capacity. -52Translation dated 12 April 2009 This is an unofficial translation of the Law. It is provided for information purposes only. Reliance may only be placed upon the official Arabic version of the Law published in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Any comments on this translation will be gratefully received by the Authority. Please email any comments to: contact@tra.org.bh