SeychellesComputer Misuse Act, 1998, unauthorised access (repealed)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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Repealed: no longer in force, effective 28 December 1998.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- This Act was repealed on 1 February 2022; the Cybercrimes and other Related Crimes Act, 2021 now governs unauthorised computer access in Seychelles.
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Criminal exposure note
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
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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 It was repealed on 1 February 2022 by the Cybercrimes and other Related Crimes Act, 2021, which restates and expands the same conduct.
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Text of the Computer Misuse Act
1998 (as it stood when repealed) reproduced by the Seychelles Legal Information Institute (SeyLII), Internet Archive capture
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