Electronic Transactions Act, 2008
Act 772
a computer commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a
fine of not more that five thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not more than ten years or to both.
(2) It is immaterial that the act in question is not directed at
(a) any particular programme or electronic record,
(b) a programme or electronic record of any kind,
(c) a programme or electronic record held in any particular
computer, or
(d) any unauthorised modification is, or is intended to be, permanent or merely temporary.
(3) A modification of a programme or electronic record occurs
if, by the operation of a function of the computer concerned or any other
computer,
(a) a programme or electronic record held in the computer is
altered or erased,
(b) a programme or electronic record is added to or removed from
a programme or electronic record held in the computer, or
(c) an act occurs which impairs the normal operation of any
computer.
(4) An act which contributes towards causing a modification is
regarded as causing it.
(5) A modification is unauthorised if the person who causes it
(a) is not entitled to determine whether the modification should
be made,
(b) is not authorised to make the modification or knowingly acted
in excess of the authorised modification, or
(c) does not have consent to the modification from the person
who is entitled.
Unauthorised disclosure of access code
132. A person who knowingly and without authority discloses a password, access code or any other means of gaining access to a programme
or electronic record held in a computer commits an offence and is liable
on summary conviction to a fine of not more than ten thousand penalty
units or a term of imprisonment of not more than twenty years or to both.
Offence relating to national interest and security
133. (1) Whoever knowingly accesses a computer without authorisation or exceeds authorised access, and by means of the conduct accesses
information from a protected computer commits an offence and is liable on
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