FYI Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Criminal Code: Computer Crimes PART I: GENERAL PART BOOK I: CRIMES AND CRIMINALS TITLE I: CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS SCOPE CHAPTER III: CRIMES AGAINST RIGHTS IN PROPERTY Section I.- CRIMES INVOLVING FRAUD Section II:- Computer Crimes Article 706.- Access, Taking or Using Computer Services without Authorization. (1) Whoever, without authorization, accesses a computer, computer system or computer network, is punishable with fine. (2) Whoever, without authorization, accesses a computer, computer system or computer network, and intentionally takes or uses or causes to be used data or computer services, is punishable with simple imprisonment or fine, or in serious cases, with rigorous imprisonment for not more than five years and fine not exceeding twenty thousand Birr. (3) Where, the crime is committed negligently, the punishment shall be simple imprisonment not exceeding three months, or fine not exceeding two thousand Birr. Article 707.- Causing Damage to Data. (1) Whoever, without authorization, accesses a computer, computer system or puter network and intentionally causes damage by adding, altering, deleting or destroying data, is punishable with simple imprisonment far not less than three months, or fine. (2) Where the crime is committed: (a) in order to devise or execute any scheme or artifice to steal, defraud, deceive or extort or wrongfully control or obtain, money, property, computer services or any data; or (b) in serious cases even in the absence of the scheme provided for under sub article 2 (a), the punishment shall be rigorous imprisonment for not more than five years, and fine not exceeding twenty thousand Birr. (3) Where the crime is committed negligently, the punishment shall be simple imprisonment not exceeding three months, or fine not exceeding two thousand Birr. Article 708.- Disrupting the Use of Computer Services by an Authorized User. (1) Whoever, without authorization, accesses a computer, computer system or computer network, and intentionally disrupts the use of the computer by an Authorized user, is punishable with simple imprisonment not exceeding three years or fine. (2) Where the crime is committed negligently, the punishment shall be, simple imprisonment not exceeding three, months, or fine not exceeding two thousand Birr. Article 709.- Acts Committed to Facilitate the Commission of Computer Crimes. Whoever, with intent to further the commission of one of the, acts specified in the preceding three Articles, imports, produces, sells, offers for sale, distributes, buys,receives or possesses instruments, secret Codes or passwords, is punishable with simple imprisonment or fine or both. Article 710.- Other crimes. Where one of the other crimes provided for under this Code is committed by means of a computer, the relevant provision shall apply. Article 711.- Concurrence of Crimes. Where any crime committed by means of a computer, has resulted in the commission of another crime punishable under this Code, the relevant provision shall apply concurrently. Source: fsc.gov.et/resources/Negarit %20Gazeta/codes/Criminal Code(%20New).pdf N.B: There might be some typing errors
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