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215. Identity fraud-(1) A person commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five (5) years who knowingly obtains, transfers or possesses another person’s identity information in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable inference that the information is intended to be used to commit an offence that includes fraud, deceit, or falsehood as an element of the offence.

(2) A person commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who dishonestly or fraudulently personates another person, living or dead:

(a) with intent to gain advantage for himself, herself or another person; or

(b) with intent to obtain any property or an interest in any property; or

(c) with intent to cause disadvantage to the person being personated or another person; or

(d) with intent to avoid arrest or prosecution or to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice.

(3) A person is liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding seven (7) years who, intentionally without lawful excuse or justification or in excess of a lawful excuse or justification, by using an electronic system in any stage of the offence, transfers, possesses, or uses a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, or in connection with, any unlawful activity that constitutes a crime.

(4) A person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven (7) years who intentionally, without authorisation and with fraudulent or dishonest intent of procuring, without right, an economic benefit for oneself or for another person, causes a loss of property to another person by:

(a) any input, alteration, deletion or suppression of electronic data; or

(b) any interference with the functioning of an electronic system.