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Computer Crime Act, No. 24 of 2007
PART I
COMPUTER CRIME
Securing
unauthorised
access to a
computer an
offence.
3. Any person who intentionally does any act, in order
to secure for himself or for any other person, access to—
(a)
any computer ; or
(b) any information held in any computer,
knowing or having reason to believe that he has no lawful
authority to secure such access, shall be guilty of an offence
and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one
hundred thousand rupees, or to imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to five years, or both
such fine and imprisonment.
Doing any act to
secure
unauthorised
access in order to
commit an
offence
4. Any person who intentionally does any act, in order
to secure for himself or for any other person, access to—
(a)
any computer ; or
(b) any information held in any computer,
knowing or having reason to believe that he has no lawful
authority to secure such access and with the intention of
committing an offence under this Act or any other law for the
time being in force, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on
conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred
thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for
a term which may extend to five years or to both such fine
and imprisonment.
Explanation 1— for the purposes of paragraph (a)
the mere turning on of a computer is sufficient.
Explanation 2— for the purposes of paragraph (b)(a)
there should be an intention to sccure any programme or
data held in any computer ;