286 THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE [Lecat Supplement] No. 16] LAWS OF — 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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