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East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004 - VERTIC

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2005(b) failed to comply with, or has acted in contravention of, anyconditions under the regulations; or(c) been convicted of an offence under this <strong>Act</strong> relating toimproper access to or interference with a <strong>Customs</strong>computerised system,the Commissioner may cancel the registration of that user.191.-(1) A person commits an offence if he or she -(a) knowingly and without lawful authority by any means gainsaccess to or attempts to gain access to any <strong>Customs</strong> computerisedsystem; or(b) having lawful access to any <strong>Customs</strong> computerised system,knowingly uses or discloses information obtained fromsuch a computer system for a purpose that is not authorised;or(c) knowing that he or she is not authorised to do so, receivesinformation obtained from any <strong>Customs</strong> computerisedsystem, and uses, discloses, publishes, or otherwisedisseminates such information.Unauthorisedaccess toorimproperuse of<strong>Customs</strong>computerisedsystem(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall beliable on conviction-(a) in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term notexceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding fivethousand dollars; or(b) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceedingtwenty five thousand dollars.192. A person commits an offence if he or she knowingly-(a) falsifies any record or information stored in any customscomputerised system; or(b) damages or impairs any customs computerised system; or(c) damages or impairs any duplicate tape or disc or othermedium on which any information obtained from aInterference with<strong>Customs</strong>computerisedsystem121

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