Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 419

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person produces, supplies or obtains data with the intention of—

        (a)     committing a serious computer offence; or

        (b)     enabling the commission of a serious computer offence (whether by the person or by someone else).

Maximum penalty: 300 penalty units, imprisonment for 3 years or both.

    (2)     For this section:

"produce, supply or obtain data" includes—

        (a)     produce, supply or obtain data held or contained in a computer or data storage device; or

        (b)     produce, supply or obtain a document in which the data is recorded.

    (3)     A person can be found guilty of an offence against this section even if committing the serious computer offence concerned is impossible.