[Commons-Law] Cyber crime could invite death under new Pak law

[Prashant Iyengar]

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*Cyber crime could invite death under new Pak law*

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Press Trust of India

*Posted online: Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 2342 hrs IST *

ISLAMABAD, Jan 11
Acts of cyber terrorism in Pakistan can be punished with a death sentence or
life imprisonment and cyber stalkers can be given a seven-year prison term
under a new law.

Under the Cyber Crimes Ordinance, issued on December 31, last year, the
Government will set up special IT tribunals in Islamabad and the four
provincial capitals to investigate and counter cyber crimes.

"The ordinance outlines knowledge about electronic crimes and illegal
on-line intrusion to spread it among the general public," Caretaker
Information Technology Minister Abdullah Riar said here on Thursday.

The law covers cyber terrorism and stalking, criminal data access,
electronic fraud and forgery, misuse of electronic systems or electronic
devices, unauthorised access to codes, misuse of encryption, malicious code,
spamming and unauthorised interception.

The ordinance also states that electronic fraud and forgery will be punished
with a non-bailable prison term of seven years.
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