Cybercrimes Act, 2020 (Act No. 19 of 2020)

Chapter 2 : Cybercrimes, Malicious Communications, Sentencing and Orders to Protect Complainants from Harmful Effect of Malicious Communications

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(1)	Any person who unlawfully and intentionally interferes with—

(a)

data; or

(b)	a computer program,

is guilty of an offence.

(2)	For purposes of this section ‘‘interfere with data or a computer program’’ means to permanently or temporarily—

(a)	delete data or a computer program;

(b)	alter data or a computer program;

(c)	render vulnerable, damage or deteriorate data or a computer program;

(d)	render data or a computer program meaningless, useless or ineffective;

(e)	obstruct, interrupt or interfere with the lawful use of, data or a computer program; or

(f)	deny access to data or a computer program,