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CAP. 4.41
Electronic Crimes Act
LAWS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER
AND NEVIS
Revision Date: 31 Dec 2017
Computer-related fraud.
9.
A person who knowingly, without lawful excuse or justification or in excess of a
lawful excuse or justification, causes loss of property to another person by—
(a) any input, alteration, deletion or suppression of computer data;
(b) any interference with the functioning of a computer system, with
fraudulent or dishonest intent of procuring, without right, an economic
benefit for oneself or for another person,
commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment, to a fine of fifty
thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of five years or both.
(Substituted by Act 26 of 2012)
Unlawful disclosure of access code.
10. (1) A person who knowingly and without authority discloses any password,
access code or any other means of gaining access to any program or data held in a
computer commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten
thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months or to both such fine
and imprisonment, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of
twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of two years or to both such
fine and imprisonment.
(2) A person who knowingly and without authority discloses any password,
access code or any other means of gaining access to any program or data held in a
computer—
(a) for any unlawful gain, whether to himself or to another person;
(b) for an unlawful purpose; or
(c) knowing that it is likely to cause unlawful damage,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of fifty
thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of five years or to both such fine and
imprisonment and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of one
hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of seven years or to both such
fine and imprisonment.
Unauthorised access to restricted computer system.
11. (1) Where a person who does not possess the relevant authorisation for
gaining access to a restricted computer system—
(a) gains access to the system, that person commits an offence and is
liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of seventy-five thousand
dollars or to imprisonment for a term of five years or to both such fine
and imprisonment;
(b) gains access to a restricted computer system in the course of the
commission of an offence under section 4, 5, 6 or 7, the person
convicted of that offence is, in lieu of the penalty prescribed in those
sections, is liable, on conviction on indictment, to a fine of one
hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of seven years
or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a “restricted computer system” shall be
treated as such if the person committing the offence knew, or ought reasonably to