2005-07-18
Illegal access
4.(1) A person who knowingly or recklessly, and without lawful excuse or
justification,
(a) gains access to the whole or any part of a computer system;
(b) causes a programme to be executed;
(c) uses the programme to gain access to any data;
(d) copies or moves the programme or data
(i) to any storage medium other than that in which that programme
or data is held; or
(ii) to a different location in the storage medium in which that
programme or data is held; or
(e) alters or erases the programme or data
is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of $25 000
or to imprisonment for a term of 2 years or to both.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the form in which any programme is
obtained or copied and, in particular, whether or not it represents a form in which
it is capable of being executed, is immaterial.
