The United Kingdom's official published text of section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, the general unauthorized-computer-access offense, with its own maximum penalty of two years imprisonment on indictment.
Facts
Citation
PublisherUK National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)
URLhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/section/1
Source TypeGovernment Page
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Sources
Computer Misuse Act 1990, Section 1 (legislation.gov.uk)
UK National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)Entity description, self-identification
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both
Publisher identification
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both
Reliability tier assignment
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both
Source-type classification
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both
Page address
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both
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