(b)	 a body corporate, to a fine of not less than
five hundred thousand dalasis.
Publishing of
information
which is
obscene in
electronic form

170. (1) A person who publishes or transmits or
causes to be published in electronic form, any
material which is lascivious or appeals to the
prurient interest, or if its effect is such as to tend to
deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having
regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see
or hear the matter contained or embodied therein,
commits an offence.

(2) A person who commits an offence under
subsection (1) is liable on conviction, in the case
of­
(a)	 an individual, to a fine of two hundred
thousand dalasis or imprisonment for a
term not exceeding five years, or to both
the fine and imprisonment;
(b)	 a body corporate, to a fine of not less than
five hundred thousand dalasis.
Re-program­
ming of mobile
tele-phone

171. (1) A person who knowingly or intentionally,
while not being a manufacturer of a mobile
telephone devices or authorized agent of the
manufacturer,
changes
mobile
telephone
equipment identity, or interferes with the operation
of the mobile telephone equipment identity
commits an offence.

(2) A person who commits an offence under
subsection (1) is liable on conviction, in the case
of­
(a)	 an individual, to a fine of two hundred
thousand dalasis or imprisonment for a
term not exceeding five years, or to both
the fine and imprisonment;
(b)	 a body corporate, to a fine of not less than
five hundred thousand dalasis.
Possession or
supply of any­
thing for re­

171. (1) A person commits an offence if he or she­

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