The House of Rep recently passed this " cyber crime bill".
Read the bill below.
Section 18 sub-section 1 of the Cyber-Crime
Bill 2013 states that anybody who “insults
publicly, through a computer system or
network” commits an offence and will be
liable on conviction to imprisonment “for a
term of not less than five years or to a fine
of not less than N10m or to both fine and
imprisonment.”
Also, the bill prescribes a jail term of five
years for anyone who circulates or makes
any racist and xenophobic material available
online.
Cyber-criminals, who hide under the
anonymity of the Internet to bully, harass
other users of online platforms also risk jail
terms when the law comes into full force.
Section 15 of the bill, which deals with
issues of cyber-stalking, prescribes a jail
term of 12 months for anyone found guilty of
posting messages deemed “grossly
offensive, indecent, obscene” or messages
aimed at “causing annoyance, inconvenience
or needless anxiety” to another online user.
Besides, anyone who bullies, threatens or
harasses another person, through
“information and communication
technologies” or posts messages online that
contains “threats to kidnap or injure”
another person will be jailed five years or
pay a fine of N15m or both.
According to the bill, Internet service
providers will be required to keep all traffic
data and subscriber information for the
purpose of prosecuting those suspected of
committing cyber-crimes.
The service providers are expected to
provide necessary assistance towards the
identification, apprehension and prosecution
of offenders, failure of which makes them
liable to fines and or jail terms.
Part V, Section four of the bill prescribes the
Office of the National Security Adviser as the
co-coordinating body for all security and
enforcement agencies when the bill becomes
law.
One of the high points of the law is the
prescription of death sentence for anyone
who commits an offence against what it calls
“critical national information infrastructure”
which results in death.
Read the bill below.
Section 18 sub-section 1 of the Cyber-Crime
Bill 2013 states that anybody who “insults
publicly, through a computer system or
network” commits an offence and will be
liable on conviction to imprisonment “for a
term of not less than five years or to a fine
of not less than N10m or to both fine and
imprisonment.”
Also, the bill prescribes a jail term of five
years for anyone who circulates or makes
any racist and xenophobic material available
online.
Cyber-criminals, who hide under the
anonymity of the Internet to bully, harass
other users of online platforms also risk jail
terms when the law comes into full force.
Section 15 of the bill, which deals with
issues of cyber-stalking, prescribes a jail
term of 12 months for anyone found guilty of
posting messages deemed “grossly
offensive, indecent, obscene” or messages
aimed at “causing annoyance, inconvenience
or needless anxiety” to another online user.
Besides, anyone who bullies, threatens or
harasses another person, through
“information and communication
technologies” or posts messages online that
contains “threats to kidnap or injure”
another person will be jailed five years or
pay a fine of N15m or both.
According to the bill, Internet service
providers will be required to keep all traffic
data and subscriber information for the
purpose of prosecuting those suspected of
committing cyber-crimes.
The service providers are expected to
provide necessary assistance towards the
identification, apprehension and prosecution
of offenders, failure of which makes them
liable to fines and or jail terms.
Part V, Section four of the bill prescribes the
Office of the National Security Adviser as the
co-coordinating body for all security and
enforcement agencies when the bill becomes
law.
One of the high points of the law is the
prescription of death sentence for anyone
who commits an offence against what it calls
“critical national information infrastructure”
which results in death.
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