290 THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE [Lecat Supplement] LAWS No. 16] OF — A 13™ AUGUST, 2018 GUYANA electronic mail messages [A.D. 2018 from or through a computer system; or (b) with intent to deceive or mislead a recipient or service provider as to the origin of the message, uses a computer system to transmit or retransmit multiple electronic mail messages, that causes harm to a person or damage to a computer system. (2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally falsifies the header information of an electronic mail message for the purpose of committing an offence under this Act or any other law. (3) A person commits an offence if the person without lawful excuse or justification establishes a website, with the intent to deceive or mislead a visitor to the website as to the authenticity of the website, for the purpose of gaining unauthorised access to information to commit a further offence. (4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable— (a) on summary conviction to a fine of three million dollars and to imprisonment for three years; and (b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of five million dollars and to imprisonment for five years. (5) For the purposes of this section, messages” means unsolicited data messages, “multiple electronic mail including electronic mail and instant messages sent to more than fifty recipients within twenty-four hours. Offences against the State. 18. (1) A person commits an offence if the person, whether in or out of Guyana, intentionally publishes, transmits or circulates by use of a computer system, a statement or words, either spoken or written, a text, video, image, sign, visible representation, or other thing, that ��� (a) advocates the use, without authority of law, of force as a means of accomplishing Guyana; a governmental change within

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