6 Using of illegal devices an offence. Computer Crime Act, No. 24 of 2007 9. Any person who, without lawful authority produces, sells, procures for use, imports, exports, distributes or otherwise makes available— (a) any device, including a computer or computer program ; (b) a computer password, access code or similar information by which the whole or any part of a computer is capable of being accessed, with the intent that it be used by any person for the purpose of committing an offence under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not exceeding three hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than six months and not exceeding three years, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Unauthorised disclosure of information enabling access to a service, an offence. 10. Any person who, being entrusted with information which enables him to access any service provided by means of a computer, discloses such information without any express authority to do so or in breach of any contract expressed or implied, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not exceeding three hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than six months and not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment. Attempts to commit offence. 11. Any person who attempts to commit an offence under sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this Act or to cause such an offence to be committed, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one half of the maximum fine provided for each of such offences, or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one half of the maximum term provided for each of such offences, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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