Article 32:
Anyone who has imported, exported, supplied, exploited or used any of the means or services of
cryptography without the required declaration or authorization shall be punished by one year's
imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 DH. in Articles 13 and 14 above.
The court may, in addition, pronounce the confiscation of the cryptographic means concerned.
Article 33:
When a means of cryptography, within the meaning of Article 14 above, has been used to prepare or
commit a crime or offense or to facilitate its preparation or commission, the maximum penalty shall be
freedom incurred is noted as follows:
- he is brought to life imprisonment when the offense is punishable by 30 years' imprisonment;
- it is extended to thirty years' imprisonment, when the offense is punishable by twenty years of criminal
imprisonment;
- it is brought to twenty years 'imprisonment, when the offense is punishable by fifteen years'
imprisonment;
- he is brought to fifteen years 'imprisonment, when the offense is punishable by ten years'
imprisonment;
- it is brought to ten years 'imprisonment, when the offense is punishable by five years' imprisonment;
- it is doubled when the offense is punishable by up to three years' imprisonment.
However, the provisions of this article shall not apply to the perpetrator or accomplice of the offense
who, at the request of the judicial or administrative authorities, has provided them with the plain text
version of the encrypted messages, as well as the necessary secret agreements. to decryption.
Article 34:
Except to demonstrate that they have not committed willful misconduct or negligence, persons
providing cryptography services for the purposes of confidentiality are liable, in respect of such benefits,
for the harm caused to persons entrusting them with the management of their secret agreements in the
event of breaches of the integrity, confidentiality or availability of data processed using these
agreements.
Article 35:
Anyone who illegally uses personal signature creation elements relating to the signature of others shall
be punished by imprisonment for one to five years and a fine of DH 10,000 to DH 100,000.
Article 36:
Is punished with a fine of 10,000 DH to 100,000 DH and imprisonment from three months to six months,
any provider of electronic certification services that does not respect the obligation of information of
the national authority provided in Article 23 above.
In addition, the culprit may be subject, for a period of five years, to the prohibition of the exercise of any
activity of providing electronic certification services.