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Article 23 Without prejudice to more severe penalties stipulated in the Penalty Code or any other law, imprisonment and payment of a fine not less than LE 10,000 and not more than LE 100,000 or either shall be the penalty for whomever: A. B. C. D. E. Issues digital certificates without obtaining a license from the Authority to practice this activity. Destroys or damages a signature, electronic medium or electronically written messages; or falsifies any of these by imitation, modification, alteration or by any other means. Uses knowingly a falsified or damaged signature, electronic medium or electronically written messages Violates any of the provisions of Articles 19 and 21 of this Law Manages through any means to obtain unrightfully a signature, written message or electronic medium; or breaches, intercepts or puts such electronic media out of service The penalty for violation of Article 13 of this Law shall be a fine not less than LE 5,000 and not more than LE 50,000. The maximum and minimum penalty shall be doubled in case of repetition of such violations. In all cases, the conviction verdict shall be published in two daily wide-spread newspapers and on the Internet at the expense of the convicted. Article 24 The person in charge of actual administration for the corporate person shall suffer the same penalties stipulated for violating the provisions of this law if it is proven that he/she had knowledge thereof and his/her negligence of administration duties led to the crime. The corporate person shall be jointly responsible for payment of the financial and compensation verdicts if the violation was by one of the employees working for him/ her or in his/ her name. Article 25 The Minister of Justice, in agreement with the Minister with policy jurisdiction, may issue a decree authorizing ITIDA employees to serve in the capacity of law officers in relation to crimes committed by breaching the provisions of this law where such crimes may be related to such employees’ areas of professional responsibility. 11

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