securing access to(a) any programme or data held in a computer or
computer system; or
(b) a computer service, commits an offence and
shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding P10,000 or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
(2)
For the purposes of this section it is immaterial that(a) the access referred to under subsection (1)
is authorised or unauthorised; or
(b) the further offence to which this section
applies is committed at the same time as when the access is secured or at any
other time.
[Ch0806s7]7. Unauthorised interference with data
(1) A
person who intentionally, without lawful excuse or justification, does any of
the following acts(a) destroys, deletes, suppresses, alters or
modifies data;
(b) renders data meaningless, useless or
ineffective;
(c) obstructs, interrupts or interferes with(i) the lawful use of data, or
(ii) any person in the lawful use of data; or
(d) denies access to data to any person
entitled to it, commits an offence and shall on conviction be sentenced to a
minimum fine of P10,000 but not exceeding P40,000, or to imprisonment for a
minimum term of six months but not exceeding two years, or to both.
(2)
Where, as a result of the commission of an offence under subsection (1), the
following is impaired, suppressed, altered or modified(a) the operation of the computer or computer
system;
(b) access to any programme or data held in any
computer or computer system; or
(c) the operation of any programme or the
reliability of any data,
a person shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding P20,000 or
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.
(3) A
person shall not be liable under this section where the person(a) is acting pursuant to measures that may be
taken under Part III of this Act; or
(b) is acting in reliance of any statutory
power arising under any enactment or a power conferred under any Act, for the