Article 23
Without prejudice to more severe penalties stipulated in the Penalty Code or any other
law, imprisonment and payment of a fine not less than LE 10,000 and not more than LE
100,000 or either shall be the penalty for whomever:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Issues digital certificates without obtaining a license from the
Authority to practice this activity.
Destroys or damages a signature, electronic medium or
electronically written messages; or falsifies any of these by
imitation, modification, alteration or by any other means.
Uses knowingly a falsified or damaged signature, electronic
medium or electronically written messages
Violates any of the provisions of Articles 19 and 21 of this Law
Manages through any means to obtain unrightfully a signature,
written message or electronic medium; or breaches, intercepts or
puts such electronic media out of service
The penalty for violation of Article 13 of this Law shall be a fine not less than LE 5,000
and not more than LE 50,000.
The maximum and minimum penalty shall be doubled in case of repetition of such
violations.
In all cases, the conviction verdict shall be published in two daily wide-spread
newspapers and on the Internet at the expense of the convicted.
Article 24
The person in charge of actual administration for the corporate person shall suffer the
same penalties stipulated for violating the provisions of this law if it is proven that he/she
had knowledge thereof and his/her negligence of administration duties led to the crime.
The corporate person shall be jointly responsible for payment of the financial and
compensation verdicts if the violation was by one of the employees working for him/ her
or in his/ her name.
Article 25
The Minister of Justice, in agreement with the Minister with policy jurisdiction, may
issue a decree authorizing ITIDA employees to serve in the capacity of law officers in
relation to crimes committed by breaching the provisions of this law where such crimes
may be related to such employees’ areas of professional responsibility.
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