period not exceeding five years, or a fine not exceeding M50, 000, or both.
(2) A person who, intentionally without lawful excuse or justification or in
excess of a lawful excuse or justification commits any act described in this
section in order to deny access, including a partial denial of service to any
person authorised to access it commits an offence and is liable, upon
conviction, to a fine not less than [period] but not exceeding [period] or to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding [period], or to both.
(3) A person who intentionally and without lawful excuse or justification or
in excess of a lawful excuse or justification —
a) communicates, discloses or transmits any computer data, program, access
code or command to any person not authorized to access the computer data,
program, code or command;
(b) accesses or destroys any computer data, for purposes of concealing
information necessary for an investigation into the commission, or
otherwise of an offence;
(c) receives computer data and is not authorized to receive that computer
data,
commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding
[amount] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding [period], or to both.
(4) A person who intentionally and without lawful excuse or justification or
in excess of a lawful excuse or justification destroys —or alters computer
data where such data is required to be kept or maintained by law for
the time being in force or any evidence in relation to any proceeding
under this Act by
(a) creating, destroying- mutilating, removing or modifying data or
program or any other form of information existing within or outside a
computer or computer network; or
(b) activating or installing or downloading a program that is designed
to create, destroy, mutilate, remove or modify data, program or any
other form of information existing within or outside a computer or
computer network; or
(c) creating, altering, or destroying a password, personal "