2 Computer Crime Act, No. 24 af 2007 PARTI Computer CRIME Securing unauthorised access to a ecompuler an offence. (a) {6} any computer ; or any information held in any computer, knowing or having reason to believe that he has no lawful authority to secure such access, shal) be guilty of an offence and shal! on conviction be liable ta a fine not exceeding one nundred thousand rupees, or to Imprisonment of euher description for a term which may extend to five years. or both such fine and imprisonment. Doing any act to secure unauthorised access in order ta commie offence Computer Crime Act, No. 24 of 2007 3. Any person who intentionally does any act, in arder to secure for himself or for any other person, access to— 4. Any person who intentionally does any act, in order to secure for himself or for any ather person. access to— (st) an (#) tf) the access inteaded fc) if is not necessary lo huve access directed a1 any particular programire dala or computer. Any be liable to a fine no! exceeding twa hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either deseciution for For any (a) lawful Explanation {—- fer the purposes of paragraph (4) the mere lurnieg on ef a computer is sufficient, (hy ioa 2—— for the purposes of paragraph (b}a be an inteadie lo secure any programme or unauthorised modification or damage or potential impaiving the operation of any computer, computer system or the retiability of any data or information held ia any computer; or and imprisonment. data held in any computer without damage lo any computer or computer system or computer programme to tke place, any one of the fo'lowing may occur-— which may extend tu five years ar io bath such Fine there should inteationally and Illustrations ume being in force, shail be suilty of an offence and shail on conviction (a) who, should be unauthorised. authority causes a computer to perform any function knowing or Aaving reason to believe that such function wil! result in unauthorised modification or damage or potential damage fo any Computer or Computer sysiem pr computer programme shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable toa fine not exceeding three hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for as term which may any information held in any computer, knowing or having reason (0 believe thut he has no lawful Exp person lo be secured, eatend to five years or to both such fine and imprisonment, any computer ; or _ authority to secure such access and with the intention of committing an offence under (ais Act or any ocher law for the aterm 5. 3 fc) deswoying, deleting or corruming, or adding, moving of altering aay information held in any computer; makes use of a computer service invalying computer and data processing for the storage or retrieval tine ; af dada; id) introduees a computer elfecs of mallunctioning programs witch will have the of a computer the data or any information computer system, or fatsifies held in any computer or Causing a computer to perform a function without lawful authority an offence.