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Computer Crime Act, No. 24 af 2007
PARTI
Computer CRIME
Securing
unauthorised
access to a
ecompuler an
offence.
(a)
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any computer ; or
any information held in any computer,
knowing or having reason to believe that he has no lawful
authority to secure such access, shal) be guilty of an offence
and shal! on conviction be liable ta a fine not exceeding one
nundred thousand rupees, or to Imprisonment of euher
description for a term which may extend to five years. or both
such fine and imprisonment.
Doing any act to
secure
unauthorised
access in order ta
commie
offence
Computer Crime Act, No. 24 of 2007
3.
Any person who intentionally does any act, in arder
to secure for himself or for any other person, access to—
4. Any person who intentionally does any act, in order
to secure for himself or for any ather person. access to—
(st)
an
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tf)
the access inteaded
fc)
if is not necessary lo huve access directed a1 any particular
programire dala or computer.
Any
be liable to a fine no! exceeding
twa
hundred
thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either deseciution for
For any
(a)
lawful
Explanation {—- fer the purposes of paragraph (4)
the mere lurnieg on ef a computer is sufficient,
(hy
ioa 2—— for the purposes of paragraph (b}a
be an inteadie
lo secure
any programme
or
unauthorised
modification
or damage
or potential
impaiving the operation of any computer, computer
system or the retiability of any data or information
held ia any computer; or
and imprisonment.
data held in any computer
without
damage lo any computer or computer system or computer
programme to tke place, any one of the fo'lowing may occur-—
which may extend tu five years ar io bath such Fine
there should
inteationally and
Illustrations
ume being in force, shail be suilty of an offence and shail on
conviction
(a)
who,
should be unauthorised.
authority causes a computer to perform any function knowing
or Aaving reason to believe that such function wil! result in
unauthorised modification or damage or potential
damage
fo any Computer or Computer sysiem pr computer programme
shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable
toa fine not exceeding three hundred thousand rupees or to
imprisonment of either description for as term which may
any information held in any computer,
knowing or having reason (0 believe thut he has no lawful
Exp
person
lo be secured,
eatend to five years or to both such fine and imprisonment,
any computer ; or
_ authority to secure such access and with the intention of
committing an offence under (ais Act or any ocher law for the
aterm
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fc)
deswoying, deleting or corruming, or adding, moving
of altering aay information held in any computer;
makes use of a computer service invalying computer
and data processing for the storage or retrieval
tine
;
af dada;
id)
introduees a
computer
elfecs of mallunctioning
programs witch will have the
of a computer
the data or any information
computer
system,
or fatsifies
held in any computer or
Causing a
computer to
perform a
function without
lawful authority
an offence.