2018-01-01
26) Punishment for Collecting, Using Identity Information without Permission, etc :-
(1) If any person without any legal authority collects, sells, takes possession, supplies or uses any person’s identity information, then, that activity of that person will be an offense under the Act.
(2) If any person commits any offense mentioned within sub section (1), the person will be penalized with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 (five) years or fine not exceeding 5 (five) lacs taka or with both.
(3) If any person commits the offense mentioned in sub-section (1) for the second time or recurrently commits it then, he will be penalized with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 (seven) years or with fine not exceeding 10 (ten) lacs taka or with both.
Explanation:-
To fulfill the objective of this Section, “Identity Information”, means any external, biological or physical information or any other information which singly or jointly can identify a person or a system, his/her name, address, Date of birth, mother’s name , father’s name, signature, National identity , birth and death registration number, finger print, passport number , bank account number , driver’s license , E-TIN number, Electronic or digital signature , username, Credit or debit card number, voice print , retina image , iris image , DNA profile, Security related questions or any other identification which due to the excellence of technology is easily available.
