Part 10
Crimes against rights of property
Crimes involving computers
252Accessing computer system without authorisation
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years who intentionally accesses, directly or indirectly, any computer system without authorisation, knowing that he or she is not authorised to access that computer system, or being reckless as to whether or not he or she is authorised to access that computer system.
To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not apply if a person who is authorised to access a computer system accesses that computer system for a purpose other than the one for which that person was given access.
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Notes
- Section 252: replaced, on , by section 15 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39).
- Section 252(3): repealed, on , by section 5 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 29).