UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS
18 SEPTEMBER 2014
Article (4)
Any provision in contradiction with the provisions of the attached Law shall be repealed.
Article (5)
All competent bodies, each within its area of competence, shall implement this Law. This Law
shall be published in the Official Gazette.
Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani
Emir of the State of Qatar
Issued on: 15 Sep 2014
The Cybercrime Prevention Law
Section (1)
Definitions
Article (1)
In the implementation of the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall
have the meanings respectively assigned thereto, unless the context requires otherwise:
Information Technology:
Electronic Data and
Information
Information Network
Information System
Information Processing
Any technique, tangible or intangible, or set of methods,
connected or unconnected, used to store, arrange, organize,
retrieve, process, develop and exchange information based upon
internally stored commands and information, including all inputs
and outputs which are associated thereto, by way of wired or
wireless association, in an information system or an information
network.
Everything that can be stored, processed, created or transferred by
any information technology technique, particularly any writing,
photo, sound, number, letter, symbol, signal, etc.
A network connecting more than an information technology
technique to acquire and exchange information, including personal
and public networks and the Internet
A set of software or hardware used to create, extract, send,
receive, view, process or store information.
Executing a process or a set of processes in connection with data
or information of an individual or otherwise, including receiving,