Unauthorised use or interception of computer service.
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
electromagnetic, 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 paragraphs (a) or (b),
is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both, and in the
case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.
(2) If any damage is caused as a result of an offence under this
section, the person convicted of the offence is liable to a fine not exceeding
$50,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or both.
(3) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial that an
unauthorised access or interception was 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.
