16.
Criminal Liability of Service Providers
A service provider shall be criminally liable in accordance with Articles 12 to 14,
of this Proclamation for any illegal computer content data disseminated through
its computer systems by third parties, if it has:
17.
1/
directly involved in the dissemination or edition of the content data;
2/
upon obtaining actual knowledge that the content data is illegal, failed to
take any measure to remove or to disable access to the content data; or
3/
failed to take appropriate measure to remove or to disable access to the
content data upon obtaining notice from competent administrative
authorities.
SECTION FOUR
OTHER OFFENCES
Failure to Cooperate and Hindrance of Investigation
Whosoever:
18.
1/
fails to comply with the obligations provided for under sub-article (2) of
Article 23, sub-article (6) of Article 24, sub-article (2) of Article 29, subarticle (2) of Article 30 or sub-article (4) of Article 31 of this
Proclamation, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment not
exceeding one year or fine;
2/
intentionally hinders the investigation process of computer crimes
conducted pursuant to this Proclamation shall be punishable with rigorous
imprisonment not exceeding five years and fine not exceeding Birr 50,000.
Criminal Act Stipulated in Other Laws
Where any crime other than those provided for under this Part is committed by
means of a computer, the relevant law shall apply.
19.
Concurrent Crimes
Where any of the criminal acts provided for under this Part has resulted in the
commission of another crime punishable under any special law or criminal code,
the relevant provision shall apply concurrently.
20.
Penalty Imposed on Juridical Person
Notwithstanding sub-article (1), (3) and (4) of Article 90 of the Criminal Code of
the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, where any offence stipulated under
this Part is committed by juridical person,
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