1. 2. 3. 4. Article 4 Each person who deliberately and illegally accesses, by any means, an electronic website, system, electronic network or a means of information technology, or a part thereof, or exceeds the authorised access, or continues to be present therein after he becomes aware of his access, shall be punished by either or both confinement and a fine of not less than two hundred Jordanian dinars and not more than one thousand Jordanian dinars or its equivalent in the legal currency of circulation. In the event the act provided for under Paragraph 1 of this Article is committed against government data, penalty shall be either or both confinement for a term of not less than six months and a fine of not less than five hundred Jordanian dinars and not more than two thousand Jordanian dinars or its equivalent in the legal currency of circulation. In the event the access results in cancelling, deleting, adding, disclosing, damaging, damaging, altering, transmitting, receiving, copying, publishing or republishing electronic data or information, which is stored in the information system, or causing damage to users or beneficiaries, or altering, eliminating, or modifying the contents of the electronic website, occupying its address, its designs or method of its use, or impersonating its owner or manager, the penalty shall be either or both confinement for a term that is not less than one year and a fine of not less than one thousand Jordanian dinars and not more than three thousand Jordanian dinars or its equivalent in the legal currency of circulation. In the event the act provided for under Paragraph 3 of this Article is committed against government data, the penalty shall be either or both imprisonment for a term that is not more than five years and a fine of not less than three thousand Jordanian dinars and not more than five thousand Jordanian dinars or its equivalent in the legal currency of circulation. Article 5 Each person who obstructs or disrupts, by any means, access to the service or access to devices, programmes or sources of data or information through the electronic network or a means of information technology shall be punished by either or both confinement and a fine of not less than two hundred Jordanian dinars and not more than one thousand Jordanian dinars or its equivalent in the legal currency of circulation. Article 6 Each person who produces or introduces through the electronic network or a means of information technology any item that may suspend or disrupt its operation, or damage, delete or modify the programmes shall be punished by imprisonment for a term that does not exceed five years and a fine of not less than three thousand Jordanian dinars and not more than five thousand Jordanian dinars or its equivalent in the legal currency of circulation. Article 7 Each person who receives, records, intercepts or wiretaps, on purpose and illegally, any data sent through the network or a means of information technology, shall be punished by either or both confinement for a term of not less than one year and a fine of not less than one thousand Jordanian dinars and not more than three thousand Jordanian dinars or its equivalent in the legal currency of circulation. Article 8 1. Each person who deliberately decodes encrypted data in circumstances other than those permitted by law shall be punished by either or both confinement and a fine of not less This document constitutes an un-official transcription/translation. DCAF cannot be held responsible for damages that may arise from its use. For official reference, please refer to the original text as published by the Palestinian Authorities. DCAF’s Assistance Programme for the Palestinian Security and Justice Sector is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. Page 4 of 15