86 No. 3
Electronic and Postal Communications
2010
(2) Where the offender is a network service licensee or
operator it shall be liable to a fine of fifteen million Tanzanian
shillings.
(3) Where the offender is an employee of the Network
Service licensee or a legal person, he shall be liable to the same
penalty as provided under sub-section (1).
Use of
unregistered
SIM Card
131. Any person who knowingly uses or causes to be used
an unregistered SIM card commits an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand Tanzanian
shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
False
information
or statement
132. Any person who furnishes information or makes a
statement knowing that such information or statement is false,
incorrect or misleading or not believing it to be true, commits an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of three million
Tanzanian shillings or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months
or to both.
Obstruction
to perform
duties
133. Any person who obstructs, hinders or interferes with
an authorised person to execute any direction issued under this Act
or assists with the execution thereof, commits an offence and shall
be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three million
Tanzanian shillings or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months
or to both.
Offence of
allowing use
of black
listed phone
134. Any Network service licensee who allows any black
listed mobile telephones to operate commits an offence and shall be
liable to a conviction to a fine of seventy five million Tanzanian
shillings or imprisonment for a term of five years or to both.
Tampering
with
blacklisted
phones
135. Any person who physically electronically tempers
with any blacklisted mobile telephone commits an offence and shall
be liable on conviction to a fine of one million five hundred
thousand Tanzanian shillings or imprisonment for a term of five
years or to both.