Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes Act 1958 - SECT 247F

Producing, supplying or obtaining data with intent to commit serious computer offence

247F. Producing, supplying or obtaining data with intent to commit serious
computer offence



(1) A person who produces, supplies or obtains data-

   (a)  with the intention of committing a serious computer offence; or

   (b)  with the intention of facilitating the commission of a serious
        computer offence (whether by the person or by another person)-

is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3
years.

(2) In this section, a reference to a person producing, supplying or obtaining
data includes a reference to the person-

   (a)  producing, supplying or obtaining data held in a computer or contained
        in a data storage device; and

   (b)  producing, supplying or obtaining a document in which the data is
        recorded.

(3) A person may be found guilty of an offence against this section even if
committing the serious computer offence is impossible.