• Cybercrimes Act, 2020 (Act No. 19 of 2020)
  • Notice No. 324 of 2021
  • Act
  • Chapter 1 : Definitions and Interpretation
    • 1. Definitions and interpretation
  • Chapter 2 : Cybercrimes, Malicious Communications, Sentencing and Orders to Protect Complainants from Harmful Effect of Malicious Communications
    • Part I : Cybercrimes
      • 2. Unlawful access
      • 3. Unlawful interception of data
      • 4. Unlawful acts in respect of software or hardware tool
      • 5. Unlawful interference with data or computer program
      • 6. Unlawful interference with a computer data storage medium or computer system
      • 7. Unlawful acquisition, possession, provision, receipt or use of password, access code or similar data or device
      • 8. Cyber fraud
      • 9. Cyber forgery and uttering
      • 10. Cyber extortion
      • 11. Aggravated offences
      • 12. Theft of incorporeal property
    • Part II : Malicious Communications
      • 13. Definitions
      • 14. Data message which incites damage to property or violence
      • 15. Data message which threatens persons with damage to property or violence
      • 16. Disclosure of data message of intimate image
    • Part III : Attempting, Conspiring, Aiding, Abetting, Inducing, Inciting, Instigating, Instructing, Commanding or Procuring to Commit Offence
      • 17. Attempting, conspiring, aiding, abetting, inducing, instigating, commanding or procuring to commit offence
    • Part IV : Competent Verdicts
      • 18. Competent verdicts
    • Part V : Sentencing
      • 19. Sentencing
    • Part VI : Orders to Protect Complainants from Harmful Effect of Malicious Communications
      • 20. Order to protect complainant pending finalisation of criminal proceedings
      • 21. Electronic communications service provider to furnish particulars to court
      • 22. Orders on finalisation of criminal proceedings
      • 23. Penalties
  • Chapter 3 : Jurisdiction
    • 24. Jurisdiction
  • Chapter 4 : Powers to Investigate, Search, Access or Seize
    • 25. Definitions
    • 26. Standard Operating Procedures
    • 27. Application of Criminal Procedure Act, 1977
    • 28. Search for, access to, or seizure of certain articles
    • 29. Article to be searched for, accessed or seized under search warrant
    • 30. Oral application for search warrant or amendment of warrant
    • 31. Search for, access to, or seizure of article without search warrant with consent of person who has lawful authority to consent
    • 32. Search for, access to, or seizure of article involved in the commission of an offence without search warrant
    • 33. Search for, access to, or seizure of article on arrest of person
    • 34. Assisting police official or investigator
    • 35. Obstructing or hindering police official or investigator and authority to overcome resistance
    • 36. Powers conferred upon police official or investigator to be conducted in decent and orderly manner with due regard to rights of other persons
    • 37. Wrongful search, access or seizure and restriction on use of instrument, device, password or decryption key or information to gain access
    • 38. False information under oath or by way of affirmation
    • 39. Prohibition on disclosure of information
    • 40. Interception of indirect communication and obtaining of real-time communication-related information
    • 41. Expedited preservation of data direction
    • 42. Preservation of evidence direction
    • 43. Oral application for preservation of evidence direction
    • 44. Disclosure of data direction and search for, access to, and seizure of articles subject to preservation
    • 45. Obtaining and using publicly available data or receiving data from person who is in possession of data
  • Chapter 5 : Mutual Assistance
    • 46. Application of provisions of Chapter
    • 47. Spontaneous information
    • 48. Foreign requests for assistance and cooperation
    • 49. Complying with order of designated judge
    • 50. Informing foreign State of outcome of request for mutual assistance and expedited disclosure of traffic data
    • 51. Issuing of direction requesting assistance from foreign State
  • Chapter 6 : Designated Point of Contact
    • 52. Establishment and functions of designated Point of Contact
  • Chapter 7 : Evidence
    • 53. Proof of certain facts by affidavit
  • Chapter 8 : Reporting Obligations and Capacity Building
    • 54. Obligations of electronic communications service providers and financial institutions
    • 55. Capacity to detect, prevent and investigate cybercrimes
    • 56. National Director of Public Prosecutions must keep statistics of prosecutions
  • Chapter 9 : General Provisions
    • 57. National Executive may enter into agreements
    • 58. Repeal or amendment of laws
    • 59. Regulations
    • 60. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule
    • Laws Repealed or Amended (Section 58)
• Proclamations
  • Commencement of Certain Sections of the Cybercrimes Act, 2020
    • Proclamation No. R. 42 of 2021