Cyber Crime - Computer Crimes Act 1997

The Computer Crimes Act 1997, is amongst the few Statutes on Cyber Crime.

Under Section 3 CCA 1997, any person who secures access (hacking) without authority can be liable for an offence, which carries the punishment of :-

a. Fine not more than RM50,000, or;

b. Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or;

c. both.

Section 4 CCA makes it an offence if a person commits an offence under S3 above; but this time with intention to commit fraud or act dishonestly (hacking with intent to commit fraud etc). The penalty?

a. Fine not more than RM150,000;

b. Imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, or

c. both.

Section 5 CCA relates to offences of carrying out an act which will lead to the modification of computer contents. Basically this can be described as the Computer Virus offence. If you send a virus to someone else, you may be guilty of this offence.

S5 carries the penalty of:-

a. Fine not more than RM100,000

b. imprisonment of not more than 7 years or both

If a person causes the modification as per S5 above but with intent to commit an offence(s ) under Penal Code; the penalty is enhanced to:-

a. Fine not more than RM150,000

b. Imprisonment of not more than 10 years, or both.

Section 6 CCA makes it an offence to pass on a code or password to a Computer, to an unauthorised person. You can be imposed a fine of RM25,000 or imprisonment of not more than 3 years.

Look out for more blogging on these offences.