As you may be aware, the Cyber Crimes Bill has now become an Act of Parliament, which means that it is now enforceable. Kindly bear in mind the following:
1. *Section 3*. It is an offence to access someone’s phone or computer (5 years imprisonment).
2. *Section 4*. It is an offence to modify, delete, obstruct etc someone’s data (5 years imprisonment)
3. *Section 5*. It is an offence to communicate “critical information” to someone not authorised (15 years imprisonment)
4. *Section 6*.!It is an offence to possess “critical information” (15 years imprisonment)
5. *Section 10*. It is an offence to record private conversations even if you are part of the conversation (2 years imprisonment)
6. *Section 19*. It is an offence to publish information that is misleading (2 years imprisonment)
7. *Section 21*.!When you receive summons or police call outs, for Cyber Crimes, it’s an offence to disclose that (5 years)
8. *Section 22*. It’s an offence to be rude, indecent, or vulgar with intent to humiliate (2 years imprisonment)
9. *Section 24*. It is an act of domestic terrorism to attempt to incite ethnic divisions among the people of the Republic (Imprisonment for life)
NOTE:
If you are an Admin of any Group, etc, be mindful of these crimes and what you post and allow to be posted.
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