86 No. 13 of 2004]
Computer Misuse and
Crimes
(2) A person who is authorised to receive or have access to any
program or data held in a computer and who receives that program or
data from another person knowing that the other person has obtained
that program or data through unauthorised means commits an offence
and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand penalty
units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to
both.
(3) A person who has obtained any program or data held in a
computer through authorised means and gives that program or data to
another person who the person knows is not authorised to receive or
have access to that program or data commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand penalty units or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
(4) A person who has obtained any program or data held in a
computer through unauthorised means and gives that program or data
to another person whether or not the person knows that that other
person is authorised to receive or have access to that program or data
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
fifty thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
two years, or to both.
Causing a
computer to
cease to
function
12. (1) A person who with requisite knowledge and intent engages
in conduct which causes a computer to cease to function permanently
of temporarily and at the time the person engages in that conduct has
knowledge that the conduct is unauthorised commits an offence and is
liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand
penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years,
or to both.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1)—
(a) " requisite knowledge " means knowledge that the conduct
would or would be likely to cause a computer to cease to
function permanently or temporarily; and
(b) " requisite intent" means intent to cause a computer to cease
to function and by so doing—
(i) prevents or hinders access to the computer; or
Omission to
introduce,
record or
store data
(ii) impair the operation of the computer, but the intent
need not be directed at a particular computer.
13. A person who being under a contractual obligation or other
duty to introduce, record or store a program or data into a computer,
computer system or network and intentionally, or dishonestly fails to
so introduce, record or store the program or data into such computer,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction, ortoafinenot exceeding
two hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding five years, or to both.