Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 421

A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person causes unauthorised impairment of the reliability, security or operation of data held in a computer disc, credit card or other device used to store data by electronic means; and

        (b)     the person knows the impairment is unauthorised; and

        (c)     the person intends to cause the impairment.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.