CHAPTER VI
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
48. Prevention of electronic crimes.— (1) The Federal Government or the Authority, as the
case may be, may issue directives to be followed by the owners of the designated information systems
or service. providers in the interest of preventing any offence under this Act.
(2) Any owner of the information system who is not a licensee of the Authority and violates the
directives issued under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence punishable, if committed for the
first time, with fine which may extend to ten million rupees and upon any subsequent conviction shall
be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine or with both:
Provided that where the violation is committed by a licensee of the Authority, the same shall be
deemed to be a violation of the terms and conditions of the licensee and shall be treated as such under
the Pakistan Telecommunication (Reorganization) Act, 1996.
49. Computer emergency response teams.—(1) The Federal Government may constitute one or
more computer emergency response teams to respond to any threat against or attack on any critical
infrastructure information systems or critical infrastructure data, or widespread attack on information
systems in Pakistan.
(2) A computer emergency response team constituted under subsection (1) may comprise of
technical experts of known expertise officers of any intelligence or agency or any subset thereof.
(3) A computer emergency response team shall respond to a threat or attack without causing any
undue hindrance or inconvenience to the use and access of the information system or data as may be
prescribed.
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