New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308H

308H Unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data held in computer (summary offence)

(1) A person--

(a) who causes any unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data held in a computer, and

(b) who knows that the access or modification is unauthorised, and

(c) who intends to cause that access or modification,

is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) An offence against this section is a summary offence.

(3) In this section--

"restricted data" means data held in a computer, being data to which access is restricted by an access control system associated with a function of the computer.

(4) Proceedings for an offence against this section must be commenced within 3 years of the date on which the offence was alleged to have been committed.