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247C Unauthorised modification of data to cause impairment

A person who— is guilty of an offence and liable to level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum).
S. 247C inserted by No. 10/2003 s. 5.
(a)causes any unauthorised modification of data held in a computer; and
(b)knows that the modification is unauthorised; and
(c)intends by the modification to impair access to, or to impair the reliability, security or operation of, any data held in a computer or is reckless as to any such impairment