SeychellesComputer Misuse Act, 1998, unauthorised access (repealed)
Computer Misuse Act, 1998 (Act 17 of 1998; Chapter 4), s. 3 (unauthorised access to computer)
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What it requires
- This Act was repealed on ; the Cybercrimes and other Related Crimes Act, 2021 now governs unauthorised computer access in Seychelles.
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As it stood before repeal, unauthorised access to a computer, or to a program or data held in a computer, carried a fine of R20,000 and imprisonment for five years (s. 3).
What this law does
The Computer Misuse Act, 1998 made it an offence to secure unauthorised access to a computer, or to a program or data held in a computer, punishable by a fine of R20,000 and imprisonment for five years, with an enhanced offence for unauthorised access with criminal intent. It was repealed on by the Cybercrimes and other Related Crimes Act, 2021, which restates and expands the same conduct.
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