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Unauthorised accessing of data.
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5.—(1) A person who without lawful excuse operates a computer—
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(a) within the State with intent to access any data kept either within or outside the State, or
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(b) outside the State with intent to access any data kept within the State,
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shall, whether or not he accesses any data, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both.
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(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the person intended to access any particular data or any particular category of data or data kept by any particular person.
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