Act 2
Computer Misuse Act
2011
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable
on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty currency
points or to imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both; and in the case
of a subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding three hundred and sixty
currency points or imprisonment not exceeding fifteen years or both.
18. Unauthorised disclosure of information.
(1) Except for the purposes of this Act or for any prosecution for
an offence under any written law or in accordance with an order of
court, a person who has access to any electronic data, record, book,
register, correspondence, information, document or any other
material, shall not disclose to any other person or use for any other
purpose other than that for which he or she obtained access.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence
and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty
currency points or imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both.
19. Electronic fraud.
(1) A person who carries out electronic fraud commits an
offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three
hundred and sixty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding
fifteen years or both.
(2) For the purposes of this section “electronic fraud” means
deception, deliberately performed with the intention of securing an
unfair or unlawful gain where part of a communication is sent
through a computer network or any other communication and another
part through the action of the victim of the offence or the action is
performed through a computer network or both.
20. Enhanced punishment for offences involving protected
computers.
(1) Where access to any protected computer is obtained in the
course of the commission of an offence under section 12, 14, 15 or
16, the person convicted of an offence is, instead of the punishment
prescribed in those sections, liable on conviction, to imprisonment for
life.
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