securing access to(a) any programme or data held in a computer or computer system; or (b) a computer service, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding P10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both. (2) For the purposes of this section it is immaterial that(a) the access referred to under subsection (1) is authorised or unauthorised; or (b) the further offence to which this section applies is committed at the same time as when the access is secured or at any other time. [Ch0806s7]7. Unauthorised interference with data (1) A person who intentionally, without lawful excuse or justification, does any of the following acts(a) destroys, deletes, suppresses, alters or modifies data; (b) renders data meaningless, useless or ineffective; (c) obstructs, interrupts or interferes with(i) the lawful use of data, or (ii) any person in the lawful use of data; or (d) denies access to data to any person entitled to it, commits an offence and shall on conviction be sentenced to a minimum fine of P10,000 but not exceeding P40,000, or to imprisonment for a minimum term of six months but not exceeding two years, or to both. (2) Where, as a result of the commission of an offence under subsection (1), the following is impaired, suppressed, altered or modified(a) the operation of the computer or computer system; (b) access to any programme or data held in any computer or computer system; or (c) the operation of any programme or the reliability of any data, a person shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding P20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both. (3) A person shall not be liable under this section where the person(a) is acting pursuant to measures that may be taken under Part III of this Act; or (b) is acting in reliance of any statutory power arising under any enactment or a power conferred under any Act, for the