27/05/2026
The Cyber Crimes Bill is now an Act of Parliament which means that it is now enforceable. Kindly bear in mind the following:
1. *Section 3*. It is an Offense to access someone’s phone or computer (5 years imprisonment).
2. *Section 4*. It is an Offense to Modify, Delete, obstruct etc someone’s data (5yrs imprisonment)
3. *Section 5*. It is an Offence to communicate “critical information” to someone not authorised (15yrs 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 (2yrs imprisonment)
6. *Section 19*. It is an offence to publish misleading information (2yrs imprisonment)
7. *Section 21*.!When you receive a summons or police call outs, for Cyber Crimes it is an offence to disclose that (5yrs)
8. *Section 22*. It is an offence to be rude, indecent or vulgar with intent to humiliate (2yrs imprisonment)
Be careful!!
