CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 247G Unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 247G

    (1)     A person who—

        (a)     causes any unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data held in a computer; and

        (b)     knows that the access or modification is unauthorised; and

        (c)     intends to cause the access or modification—

is guilty of an offence and liable to level 7 imprisonment (2 years maximum).

    (2)     An offence against this section is a summary offence.

    (3)     In this section "restricted data" means data held in a computer to which access is restricted by an access control system associated with a function of the computer.

S. 247H inserted by No. 10/2003 s. 5.