4 Coniputer Crime Act, No, 24 of 2007 Explanation- for the pursases of Paragraphs {a} to if} abowe, it is immaterial whether the consequences referred to therein were of a temporary or permanen t Computer Crime Act, No. 24 of 2007 5 nature. Offences commited against national securily &c. 6 (1) Any person who intentiona/ly causes a comput er to perform any function, knowing or having reason to believe that such function will result in danger or imminent danger (6) (c¢) national security (5) the national economy (¢) public order. ; ; or shall be guilty of an offence and shall on convic tion be punishable with imprisonment of either description for aterm downloads, Expianation —For under the hand of the (bh) paragraph (&) of subsection (1), a Certificate under the hand of the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance, stating respectively, chat the situation envisaged in subsection (1) did in fact exist in relation lo prina facie evidence af the facts slated therein. Dealing with dati d&e., urlaw Fully obtained an offence, 7. Any person who, knowing or having teason ta believe that any other person has without lawsul authority obtained information fram a computer or a siurace nedium of a computer,— {a} buys, receives, retains, sells, or in any man: er deals " with jor a * acquires the 10— Il ts immaterial that the offender had authority t0 access the computer or had aulhority to perform the function ; Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Detence or, in a prosecution for an offence under national security or public order, or the national economy, as the case miy be, shall be admissible in evidence and shall be or the Purposes of sections 9 and {a} {2) Ina prosecution for an offence under paragcaphs (e) or (1), a Certificate copies any such information shall be guilty of an offence and shal on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not exceeding three hundred thousand Tupees or to imprisonment of either description for aterm not less than six months and not exceeding three years, or to both such fine and imprisonment. | not exceeding five years. (2) of subsection uploads, substance or meaning of, [o-— (@} offers to buy or sell, or in any manner deals with ; or The offender need not have intended fo cause or have had the knowledge ihat he és likely to cause, loss or damage (o any particular person or institution, 8. Any person, who, authority intercepts— knowingly or without lawful {a} any subseriber information or traffic data or any communication, to, from or within a computer ; or (#) any electromagnetic emissions froma computer that carries any information, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not exceeding three hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not legs than six months and not exceeding imprisonment. three years, or to both such fine and Hlegal interception of dala an offence.