Base de données sur la législation

Offences involving restricted computer systems
11. (1) Where a person who does not possess the relevant authorisation for
gaining access to a restricted computer system
(a) gains access to the system, that person is guilty of an offence and is
liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of $50 000 or to
imprisonment for a term of 5 years or to both;
(b) gains access to a restricted computer system in the course of the
commission of an offence under section 4, 5, 6 or 7, the person
convicted of that offence is, in lieu of the penalty prescribed in those
sections, liable, on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $100 000 or
to imprisonment for a term of 7 years or to both.

(2) It is a defence to a charge brought under subsection (1) to prove that access
to a restricted computer system was obtained inadvertently and with no intent to
commit an offence.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a “restricted computer system” means
any system or part of a system belonging to the entities set out in the Schedule,
that is not available for access to the public and in respect of which notice of the
restriction is given
(a) in the Official Gazette and in a newspaper published daily in Barbados;
and
(b) on a computer at the time when the attempt is made to gain access to
the system.

(4) The Minister may by order amend the Schedule by adding to or deleting
from the list of entities set out in the Schedule.