17. Unauthorized issuance of SIM cards etc.—Whoever sells or otherwise provides subscriber
identity module (SIM) card, reusable identification module (RIUM) or universal integrated circuit
card (UICC) or other module designed for authenticating users to establish connection with the
network and to be used in cellular mobile, wireless phone or other digital devices such as tablets,
without obtaining and verification of the subscriber's antecedents in the mode and manner for the
time being approved by the Authority shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to three years or with fine which may extend to five hundred thousand rupees or with both.
18. Tampering, etc. of communication equipment.—Whoever unlawfully or without
authorization changes, alters, tampers with or reprograms unique device identifier of any
communication equipment including a cellular or wireless handset and starts using or marketing such
device for transmitting and receiving information shall be punished with imprisonment which may
extend to three years or with fine which may extend to one million rupees or with both.
Explanation.—A "unique device identifier" is an electronic equipment identifier which is unique
to a communication device.
19. Unauthorized interception.— Whoever with dishonest intention commits unauthorized
interception by technical means of—
(a) any transmission that is not intended to be and is not open to the public, from or within an
information system; or
(b) electromagnetic emissions from an information system that are carrying data, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two
years or with fine which may extend to five hundred thousand rupees or with both.
20. Offences against dignity of a natural person.— (1) Whoever intentionally and publicly
exhibits or displays or transmits any information through any information system, which he knows to
be false, and intimidates or harms the reputation or privacy of a natural person, shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to one
million rupees or with both:
Provided that nothing under this subsection shall apply to anything aired by a broadcast media or
distribution service licensed under the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance,
2002 (XIII of 2002).
(2) Any aggrieved person or his guardian, where such person is a minor, may apply to the
Authority for removal, destruction of or blocking access to such information referred to in subsection
(1) and the Authority on receipt of such application, shall forthwith pass such orders as deemed
reasonable in the circumstances including an order for removal, destruction, preventing transmission
of or blocking access to such information and the Authority may also direct any of its licensees to
secure such information including traffic data.
21. Offences against modesty of a natural person and minor.—(1) Whoever intentionally and
publicly exhibits or displays or transmits any information which,—
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