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Explanation.
For carrying out the purposes of this section, “identity
information” means any external, biological or physical information or any other
information which singly or jointly can identify a person or a system, such asname, photograph, address, date of birth, mother’s name, father’s name,
signature, national identity card, birth and death registration number, finger print,
passport number, bank account number, driving license, e-TIN number,
electronic or digital signature, username, credit or debit card number, voice print,
retina image, iris image, DNA profile, security related question or any other
identification which are available for advance technology.
27. Offence and punishment for committing cyber terrorism.
(1) If any
person
(a)
creates obstruction to make legal access, or makes or causes to
make illegal access to any computer or computer network or
internet network with an intention to jeopardize the integrity,
security and sovereignty of the State and to create a sense of fear or
panic in the public or a section of the public; or
(b)
creates pollution or inserts malware in any digital device which
may cause or likely to cause death or serious injury to a person; or
(c)
affects or damages the supply and service of daily commodity of
public or creates adverse effect on any critical information
infrastructure; or
(d)
intentionally or knowingly gains access to, or makes interference
with, any computer, computer network, internet network, any
protected data-information or computer database, or gains access to
any such protected data information or computer database which
may be used against friendly relations with another foreign country
or public order, or may be used for the benefit of any foreign
country or any individual or any group,
then such person shall be deemed to have committed an offence of cyber
terrorism.
(2) If any person commits an offence under sub-section (1), he shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 (fourteen) years, or with
fine not exceeding Taka 1 (one) crore, or with both.
(3) If any person commits the offence referred to in sub-section (1) for the
second time or repeatedly, he shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or
with fine not exceeding Taka 5 (five) crore, or with both.
28. Publication, broadcast, etc. of information in website or in any
electronic format that hurts the religious values or sentiment.
(1) If any
person or group willingly or knowingly publishes or broadcasts or causes to
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