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Computer crime law |
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The penalty for computer related crimes include
prison sentence not less then 3 months and not to
exceed 2 years in addition to a fine varying
between 100 and 500 RO. Such crimes include:
- Dissemination of Illegal Data or Information.
- Unauthorized access into computer systems.
- Spying and retrieval of unauthorized data and
information.
- Hacking and tress passing into private domains
and forgery of programs.
- Destroying or altering or deleting data or
information.
- Collecting data or information then reusing it.
- Dissemination of data and information.
- Illegal reproduction of products that are
copyrighted.
- Whatever action that may electronically illegal
in future.
Subject (276) repeated (1): The penalty includes a
prison sentence not less then 6 month and not to
exceed 2 years. In addition to a fine varying
between 100 and 500 RO. This applies to anyone who
has illegal data or information by spying,
retrieval and unauthorized access or hacking and
tress passing into the computer systems of others.
Subject (276) repeated (2): The penalty is
increased if the crimes that are mentioned above
on subject (276) repeated (1) for computer users.
Subject (276) repeated (3): Prison term for the
following crimes is no more then 5 years including
a fine up to 1000 RO.
- Duplication of credit cards or ATM cards.
- Intentional use of duplicated and / or of
forged credit cards.
Subject (276) repeated (4): The penalty includes
prison sentence not more then 3 years including a
fine that does not exceed 500 RO. This applies to
the following:
- Intentional use of over limit credit cards.
- Intentional use of credit cards after it has
been cancelled or expired.
Intentional use of other peoples credit cards
without their knowledge.
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