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Section 50, 2 The Cyber Security qnd Crine Act 2021
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(l) No person shall engage in the operation ofa business Regisrarionof providing computers for accessing the intemet, playing e""t*, ll;]l"t
chatting or doing other computer-related task unless the business.
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(a) has a registered business name with the
Corporate Affaits Commission established
under the Companies Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of
2@9);or
(b) is registered with a local corurcil; or
(c) is registered with tbe office of the
Administrator and Registrar General; and
(d) registered with National Telecommunications
Commission established under lhe
Telecommunications Act, 2006 (Act No. 9 of
2006) as a business concemed with providing
computer access to the internet.
association, who perpetrates elecEonic Faud or online Aaud under
this Act using a cybercafd, commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine not less than k 50,000,000 and not more than Le
500,000,000 or to a term of imprisonment not less thatr 3 years and
not excseding 5 years or to both such fine and imprisonment and in
the case of a corporatioq parhership, or association, to a fine not
less than 1,e500,000,000 and not exceeding l-e 5,000,000,000.
provided that the cybercafC owner ot manager shall not be liable for
such an offence unless there is evidence to the effect that he or she
or it were complicit in the commission ofthe oflence.
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51, 0) A p€rson who accesses or cause to be accessed a cyber
computer or computer system or network lor purposes ofa terorist 'tetrorism.
act, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of
imprisonment not less than 10 years aad not exceeding 20 years.
(2) For purposes ofthis sectioq "tenorist act" shall have
the same meaning as provided under the Anti-Money kundering
and Combating of Financing of Terrorism Act. 2012 (Act No. 2 of
2012\.
52, 0) A person, including a corporation, partsrership, or R.cisr
association, who witb intent- 6;x""'J:0"
(a) distibutes or otherwise makes available,
racist or xenophobic material to the public
tkough a computer system or network;
O) theatens through a computer system or
network any other person or group of
persons for th€ reason of belonging to a
group distinguished by race, colour,
descent, national or ethnic origin, gender
religion, as well as disability
(c) insults publicly through a computer system
or network any other person or group of
persons distinguished by race, colour,
descent or national or ethnic origin, as well
as religion; or
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(d) disributes or otherwise makes available, to
the public, material wtrich denies or approves
or justifies acts constituting genocide or
crimes against humanity,
commits an offence and is liable upon conviction tg a flrne not less
than l* 50,000,000 and not more than l€ 100,000,000 or to a term of
imprisonment not less than I year and not exceeding 3 years or to
both such fine aad imprisoment and in the case of a corporation,
partnership, or associatio[, to a fine not less than Le250, 000,000 and
not exceeding Le 5 00,000,000
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