Database of Legislation

Cybercrime
  • Acts against the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of Computer, Data and Systems

    • • Illegal access to a computer system
      • Illegal access of computer data
 Part VII
 Sections 65-66
 

Original Text

65.Unauthorised access to computer material

(1) Any person who knowingly causes a computer to perform any function for the purpose of securing access without authority to any program or data held in any computer commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

(2)          For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial that the act in question 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.


66.Unauthorised access for commission of offences

(1) Any person who causes a computer to perform any function for the purpose of securing access without authority to any program or data held in any computer with intent to commit an offence to which this section applies commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

(2) This section applies to offences involving property, fraud, dishonesty or which causes bodily harm.

(3) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the offence to which this section applies is to be committed when the unauthorised access is secured or on a future occasion.

 
 
 

Comment

Please note that this law is not from an official source.

69. A person who commits an offence under this Part for which a penalty is not specifically provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years and where damage is caused by the offence to an order for restitution in favour of the person who suffered the loss, in a sum not exceeding the amount of the damage.