how to pay the duties, taxes or royalties for any time where it has operated irregularly.
Chapter II: Penal penalties
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Article 120 : Whoever is allowed to take part in the execution of a service
Telecommunications / ICT who intercepts, reveals, publishes or uses the content of the
communications routed by the Telecommunications / ICT networks or services, is punished
two thousand and five million CFA or just one of these years
penalties .
Whoever encourages, takes part in the disclosure
exchanges transmitted through the Telecommunications / ICT networks
accessory, is sentenced to an imprisonment of one year to five years
million Francs CFA or one of these two penalties.
Whoever intercepts, reveals, publishes or uses the content of messages or reveals their existence, is
sentenced to the same penalties. These provisions are not applied in case of:
- express agreement of the author or recipient of the communication;
- interception of a private communication on the request of the Judicial Authority within the framework
of a judicial inquiry;
- Control by the Ivorian Frequency Management Agency for the purposes of identifying, isolating gold
preventing the use of a radio frequency.
Article 121 : Is punished of an imprisonment of six months to three years and a fine of one to one
hundred million
CFA francs or one of these two penalties only whoever:
- installs or operates a public Telecommunications / ICT network
hereby ordinance or operates it in violation of a decision of suspension or withdrawal of this license;
- provides Telecommunications / ICT services to the public
hereby ordinance or maintains the offer of these services after suspension or withdrawal of this
license.
Article 122 : Is punished of a fine of five to twenty million CFA francs, whoever: