Electronic Communications Act, 2008
ACT 775
(f) intercepts or procures another person to intercept, without
the authorisation of the provider or user, or a court order,
or otherwise obtains or procures another person to obtain,
unlawful access to communication transmitted over
electronic communications network,
(g) uses, or attempts to use, the content of any communication,
knowing or having reason to believe that the content was
obtained through unlawful interception or access under
paragraph (e),
(h) is not the sender or intended recipient of a transmitted
message or data but who interferes with, alters or modifies,
diverts, unlawfully discloses or decodes the transmitted
message or data, or facilitates the commission of these act,
(i) steals a transmitted message or data,
(j) sells,
(i) or manufactures any system, equipment, card, plate
or other device, or
(ii) offers for sale, produces, distributes electronic
communication service,
without licence, or
(k) wilfully obstructs, hinders, molests or assaults personnel of
the Authority duly engaged in the exercise of power conferred
on the Authority under this Act or the National
Communications Authority Act, 2008 (Act 769),
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not
more than three thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of
not more than five years or to both.
(2) Where an offence is committed by a corporate entity that entity
is liable to a fine of not more than nine thousand penalty units and each
director of that entity shall be deemed to have committed the offence.
(3) Despite subsection (1), the Authority may, where a person has
breached this Act, or Regulations or where a licensee, a special licensee
or an authorisation holder has breached a condition contained in its licence, special licence or frequency authorisation
(a) warn the person, licensee, special licensee or authorisation
holder,
(b) issue a cease and desist order,
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