Producing, supplying or obtaining data with intent to commit serious computer offence
247F Producing, supplying or obtaining data with intent to commit serious computer offence
S. 247F inserted by No. 10/2003 s. 5.
A person who produces, supplies or obtains data—
with the intention of committing a serious computer offence; or
with the intention of facilitating the commission of a serious computer offence (whether by the person or by another person)—
is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.
In this section, a reference to a person producing, supplying or obtaining data includes a reference to the person—
producing, supplying or obtaining data held in a computer or contained in a data storage device; and
producing, supplying or obtaining a document in which the data is recorded.
A person may be found guilty of an offence against this section even if committing the serious computer offence is impossible.
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