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Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) - Section 76B
Unlawful access to data in Commonwealth and other computers

76B. (1) A person who intentionally and without authority obtains access to:
     (a) data stored in a Commonwealth computer; or
     (b) data stored on behalf of the Commonwealth in a computer that is
         not a Commonwealth computer;
 is guilty of an offence.
 Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) A person who:
     (a) with intent to defraud any person and without authority obtains
         access to data stored in a Commonwealth computer, or to data
         stored on behalf of the Commonwealth in a computer that is not
         a Commonwealth computer; or
     (b) intentionally and without authority obtains access to data
         stored in a Commonwealth computer, or to data stored on behalf
         of the Commonwealth in a computer that is not a Commonwealth
         computer, being data that the person knows or ought reasonably
         to know relates to:
         (i) the security, defence or international relations of
             Australia;
        (ii) the existence or identity of a confidential source of
             information relating to the enforcement of a criminal law of
             the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory;
       (iii) the enforcement of a law of the Commonwealth or of a State
             or Territory;
        (iv) the protection of public safety;
         (v) the personal affairs of any person;
        (vi) trade secrets;
       (vii) records of a financial institution; or
      (viii) commercial information the disclosure of which could cause
             advantage or disadvantage to any person;
is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(3) A person who:
    (a) has intentionally and without authority obtained access to data
        stored in a Commonwealth computer, or to data stored on behalf
        of the Commonwealth in a computer that is not a Commonwealth
        computer;
    (b) after examining part of that data, knows or ought reasonably to
        know that the part of the data which the person examined relates
        wholly or partly to any of the matters referred to in paragraph
        (2) (b); and
    (c) continues to examine that data;
is guilty of an offence.
Penalty for a contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 2 years.


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