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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 76E
76E Damaging data in Commonwealth and other computers by
means of Commonwealth facility
- (1)
- A person who, by means of a facility operated or
provided by the Commonwealth or by a carrier,
intentionally and without authority:
- (a)
- destroys, erases or alters data stored in, or
inserts data into, a computer;
- (b)
- interferes with, or interrupts or obstructs the
lawful use of, a computer; or
- (c)
- impedes or prevents access to, or impairs the
usefulness or effectiveness of, data stored in a
computer;
is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
- (2)
- For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1),
absolute liability applies to the physical element of
circumstance of the offence, that the facility is operated
or provided by the Commonwealth or by a carrier.
Note: For absolute liability , see section 6.2
of the Criminal Code .
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