Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 417

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person causes an unauthorised impairment of electronic communication to or from a computer; and

        (b)     the person knows the impairment is unauthorised; and

        (c)     the person—

              (i)     intends to impair electronic communication to or from the computer; or

              (ii)     is reckless about any such impairment.

Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units, imprisonment for 10 years or both.

    (2)     A conviction for an offence against this section is an alternative verdict to a charge for—

        (a)     an offence against section 403 (Damaging property); or

        (b)     an offence against section 416 (Unauthorised modification of data to cause impairment).