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Any information or evidence obtained pursuant to this Article shall apply
for the purpose of prevention or investigation of computer crimes.

Suspension, Confiscation or Blockage of Computer System or Asset
1/

The court, in sentencing an offender under this Proclamation, may give
additional order for the suspension, confiscation or removal of any
computer system, data or device or blockage of data processing service
used in the perpetration of the offence.

2/

The property or proceedings of the accused that he directly or indirectly
acquired through the computer crime for which he has been convicted
shall be confiscate if the accused is convicted through a final decision;

3/

Unless they are contradictory to the provisions of this Proclamation, the
relevant provisions of the Revised Anti-Corruption Special Procedure and
Rules of Evidence Proclamation No. 434/2005 (as amended) shall be
applicable with respect to restraining or forfeiture order of computer
system, data, equipment or other assets.

Repeal and Inapplicable Laws
1/

Articles 706 to 711 of the Criminal Code of the Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia and article 5 of Telecom Fraud Offence proclamation
no. 761/2012 are hereby repealed.

2/

No proclamation, regulations, directives or practices shall, in so far as they
are inconsistent with this Proclamation, be applicable with respect to
matters provided for by this Proclamation.

Effective Date
This Proclamation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the
Federal Negarit Gazeta.
Done at Addis Ababa, this-----------day of -----------, 2016
MULATU TESHOME (Dr.)
PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

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