(j)
by means of an apparatus or device connected to an installation maintained or
operated by a licensee (i)
defrauds the licensee of any fee or charge properly payable for the use of a
service;
(ii)
causes the licensee to provide a service to some other person without
payment by such other person of the appropriate fee or charge; or
(iii)
fraudulently installs or causes to be installed an access to a
telecommunication line;
(k)
wilfully damages, interferes with, removes or destroys an information and
communication installation or service including telecommunication installation or
service maintained or operated by a licensee;
(l)
establishes, maintains or operates a network or service without a licence or in
breach of the terms or conditions of a licence;
(m)
without the prior approval of the Authority, imports any equipment capable of
intercepting a message;
(n)
discloses a message or information relating to such a message to any other person
otherwise than (i)
in accordance with this Act;
(ii)
with the consent of each of the sender of the message and each intended
recipient of the message;
(iii)
for the purpose of the administration of justice, or
(iv)
as authorised by a Judge;
(o)
except as expressly permitted by this Act or as authorized by a Judge, intercepts,
authorises or permits another person to intercept, or does any act or thing that will
enable him or another person to intercept, a message passing over a network;
(p)
in any other manner contravenes this Act or any regulations made under this Act,
shall commit an offence.
47.
Penalties
(1)
Any person who commits an offence under this Act, shall, on conviction, be liable to
a fine not exceeding 1,000,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 5 years.
(2)
The Court before which a person is convicted of an offence under this Act may, in
addition to any penalty imposed pursuant to subsection (1), order -