Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

6.   Access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of offence

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    (1)   A person shall not cause a computer system to perform any function for the purpose of securing access to any program or data held in a computer system, or in any other computer system with intent to commit an offence—

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      (a)     involving property, fraud, dishonesty or which causes bodily harm; and

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      (b)     which is punishable with imprisonment.

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    (2)   A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

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    (3)   For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial that the—

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      (a)     access referred to in subsection (1) is authorized or unauthorized; and

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      (b)     offence to which this section applies is committed at the same time when the access is secured or at any other time.