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6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who
knowingly —
(a) secures access without authority to any
computer for the purpose of obtaining, directly
or indirectly, any computer service;
(b) intercepts or causes to be intercepted without
authority, directly or indirectly, any function of
a computer by means of an electro-magnetic,
acoustic, mechanical or other device; or
(c) uses or causes to be used, directly or indirectly,
the computer or any other device for the purpose
of committing an offence under paragraph (a) or
(b),
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand
dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three
years or to both such fine and imprisonment and, in the
case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for
a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and
imprisonment.
(2) If any damage is caused as a result of an offence
under this section, a person convicted of the offence shall
be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to
both such fine and imprisonment.
(3) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial
that the unauthorised access or interception is not directed
at —
(a) any particular program or data;
(b) a program or data of any kind; or
(c) a program or data held in any particular
computer.