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THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE [Lecat Supplement]
No. 16]
LAWS
OF
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A
13™ AUGUST, 2018
GUYANA
[A.D. 2018
the data is directly readable and intelligible, commits an offence and is liable—
(a)
on summary conviction to a fine of three million dollars and
to imprisonment for three years; or
(b)
on conviction on indictment to a fine of five million dollars
and to imprisonment for five years.
Computer-related
11. (1) A person commits an offence if the person —
meus
with
(a)
inputs, alters, deletes or suppresses electronic data; or
(b)
interferes with the functioning of a computer system,
the intent to defraud
or deceive
another
person
for the purpose
of
procuring an economic benefit for himself or another person.
(2)
A
person
who
commits
an offence
under
subsection
(1) is
liable—
(a)
onsummary conviction to a fine of five million dollars and
to imprisonment for five years; or
(b)
on conviction on indictment to a fine of ten million dollars
and imprisonment for ten years.
Offences affecting
critical infrastructure.
12. (1) Notwithstanding the penalties set out in any other provision of
this Act or any other law, where a person commits an offence under this Act
or under any other law and the offence results in the incapacity or destruction
of or interference with, electronic data, a computer system, or a computer
network that—
(a)
is exclusively for the use of critical infrastructure of the State;
or
(b)
affects the use, or impacts the operation, of critical
infrastructure of the State,
that person is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of twenty million
dollars and to imprisonment for ten years.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, “critical infrastructure” means
any electronic data, computer
system, or computer network so vital to the
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