Computer Misuse Act, 2011 Uganda a fine not exceeding three hundred and sixty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding fifteen years or both. 17. 18. 19. 20. Unauthorised disclosure of access code (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 any computer knowing or having reason to believe that it is likely to cause loss, damage or injury to any person or property, commits an offence. (2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty currency points or to imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both; and in the case of a subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding three hundred and sixty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding fifteen years or both. Unauthorised disclosure of information (1) Except for the purposes of this Act or for any prosecution for an offence under any written law or in accordance with an order of court, a person who has access to any electronic data, record, book register, correspondence, information, document or any other material, shall not disclose to any other person or use for any other purpose other than that for which he or she obtained access. (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both. Electronic fraud (1) A person who carries out electronic fraud commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred and sixty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding fifteen years or both. (2) For the purposes of this section "electronic fraud" means deception, deliberately performed with the intention of securing an unfair or unlawful gain where part of a communication is sent through a computer network or any other communication and another part through the action of the victim of the offence or the action is performed through a computer network or both. Enhanced punishment for offences involving protected computers (1) Where access to any protected computer is obtained in the course of the commission of an offence under section 12, 14, 15 or 16, the person convicted of an offence is, instead of the punishment prescribed in those sections, liable on conviction, to imprisonment for life. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a computer is treated as a "protected computer" if the person committing the offence knows or ought reasonably to have known, that the computer or program or data is used directly in connection with or necessary for— (a) the security, defence or international relations of Uganda; (b) the existence or identity of a confidential source of information relating to the enforcement of a criminal law; (c) the provision of services directly related to communications infrastructure, banking and financial services, public utilities or public key infrastructure; or (d) the protection of public safety including systems related to essential emergency services such as police, civil defence and medical services. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 7