No. 3

Electronic and Postal Communications
(b)

2010

83

posses, obtains or creates a system designed to
fraudulently use or obtain any network facilities,
network service, applications service or content
service,

commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not
less than five million Tanzanian shillings or to imprisonment a for a
term not less than two years, or to both.
Penalty for
interference
of
transmission
of electronic
communications

123.(1) Any person who without probable cause,
interferes with or obstructs the transmission or reception of any
electronic communications commits an offence and upon
conviction shall be liable to a fine of not less than five million
Tanzanian shillings or to imprisonment for a term not less than two
years or to both.
(2) When a court is convicting a person of an offence
under this section may in addition to any penalty that may impose,
order forfeiture to the Authority of any electronic communication
equipment or other material in relation to or in connection with the
means the offence was committed.
(3)
Not withstanding sub-section (2), no order for
forfeiture shall be made by the Court where it is proved that the
electronic communication equipment in question is not owned by
the person so convicted.

Unauthorised
access or use
of computer
system

124.-(1) There is hereby established a National Computer
Emergency Response Team (CERT), which shall coordinate
response to cyber security incidents at the national level and
cooperate with regional and international entities involved with the
management of cyber security incidents.
(2) The Minister may make regulations with respect
to the composition and duties of CERT.
(3) Any person who secures unauthorized access to a
computer or intentionally causes or knowingly causes loss or
damage to the public or any person, destroy or delete or alter any
information in the computer resources or diminish its value or

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