7.
8.
9.
10.
imprisonment
for
a
term
of
not
more
than
7
years
or
to
a
fine
of
not
more
than
N7,000,000.00
or
to
both
such
fine
and
imprisonment.
(4)
Any
person
or
organisation
who
knowingly
and
intentionally
trafficks
in
any
password
or
similar
information
through
which
a
computer
may
be
accessed
without
lawful
authority,
if
such
trafficking
affects
public,
private
and
or
individual
interest
within
or
outside
the
federation
of
Nigeria,
commits
an
offence
and
shall
be
liable
on
conviction
to
a
fine
of
not
more
than
N7,
000,000.00
or
imprisonment
for
a
term
of
not
more
than
3
years
or
both
such
fine
and
imprisonment.
(1)
From
the
commencement
of
this
Act
all
operators
of
a
cybercafé
shall
register
as
a
business
concern
with
Computer
Professionals’
Registration
Council
in
addition
to
a
business
name
registration
with
the
Corporate
Affairs
Commission.
Cybercafés
shall
maintain
a
register
of
users
through
a
sign-‐in
register.
This
register
shall
be
available
to
law
enforcement
personnel
whenever
needed.
(2)
Any
person,
who
perpetrates
electronic
fraud
or
online
fraud
using
a
cybercafé,
shall
be
guilty
of
an
offence
and
shall
be
sentenced
to
Three
Years
imprisonment
or
a
fine
of
One
Million
Naira
or
both.
(3)
In
the
event
of
proven
connivance
by
the
owners
of
the
cybercafé,
such
owners
shall
be
guilty
of
an
offence
and
shall
be
liable
to
a
fine
of
N
2,000,000.00
or
a
3
years
jail
term
or
both.
(4)
The
burden
of
proving
connivance
in
subsection
3
above
shall
be
on
the
prosecutor.
Any
person
who
without
lawful
authority,
intentionally
or
for
fraudulent
purposes
does
an
act
which
causes
directly
or
indirectly
the
serious
hindering
of
the
functioning
of
a
computer
system
by
inputting,
transmitting,
damaging,
deleting,
deteriorating,
altering
or
suppressing
computer
data
or
any
other
form
of
interference
with
the
computer
system,
which
prevents
the
computer
system
or
any
part
thereof,
from
functioning
in
accordance
with
its
intended
purpose,
commits
an
offence
and
shall
be
liable
on
conviction
to
imprisonment
for
a
term
of
not
more
than
2
years
or
to
a
fine
of
not
more
than
N5,000,000.00
or
to
both
fine
and
imprisonment.
Any
person
who
unlawfully
destroys
or
aborts
any
electronic
mails
or
processes
through
which
money
and
or
valuable
information
is
being
conveyed
is
guilty
of
an
offence
and
is
liable
to
imprisonment
for
7
years
in
the
first
instance
and
upon
second
conviction
shall
be
liable
to
14
years
imprisonment.
From
the
commencement
of
this
Act,
any
person
being
employed
by
or
under
a
Local
Government
of
Nigeria,
private
organization
or
financial
institution
with
respect
to
working
with
any
critical
infrastructure,
electronic
mails
commits
any
act
which
he
is
not
authorized
to
do
by
virtue
of
his
contract
of
service
or
intentionally
permits,
Registration
of
Cybercafé.
System
Interference.
Intercepting
Electronic
Messages,
Emails
Electronic
Money
Transfers.
Tampering
with
Critical
Infrastructure.