Electronic Transactions Act, 2008
summary conviction to a fine of not more than ten thousand penalty units
or to a term of imprisonment of not more than twenty years or to both.
(2) Whoever intentionally accesses a computer without authorisation or exceeds authorised access to a computer which contains
(a) information stored in, transiting through or in the financial
records of a financial institution, or consumer reporting
agency,
(b) information from a department or agency of the Government,
(c) information from a protected computer, or
(d) information relating to the security of the Republic of Ghana
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not
more than ten thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term of
not more than twenty years or to both.
(3) Whoever without authorisation or in excess of authorisation
by any act, omission, computer hardware or software manipulation or
use knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code,
or command and as a result of the conduct, causes damage to a protected
computer commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine
of not more than ten thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment
of not more than twenty years or to both.
Causing a computer to cease to function
134. A person who intentionally engages in conduct, including virus
writing, virus and worm dissemination which causes a computer to cease
to function permanently or temporarily commits an offence and is liable
on summary conviction to a fine of not more than five thousand penalty
units or to imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years or to both.
Illegal devices
135. A person who intentionally, recklessly, without lawful excuse or
justification, possesses, produces, sells, procures for use, imports, exports,
distributes or otherwise makes available
(a) a device, including a computer programme, that is designed
or adapted for the purpose of committing an offence, or
(b) a computer password, access code or similar electronic record
by which the whole or any part of a computer system is capable of being accessed
with the intent that it be used by a person for an offence commits an
offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than
five thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not more than
ten years or to both.
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