Section 88Part 10 — Offences
Dangerous transmissions, etc.
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An originator who —
with knowledge that a message is dangerous to the security of the Islands or contrary to public order, and;
with intent,
sends that message, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction on indictment, to a fine of five hundred thousand dollars and to imprisonment for ten years.
For the purposes of this section, an intermediary is not an originator.
An intermediary shall not be required to monitor any message processed by means of that intermediary's ICT installation in order to ascertain whether its processing would constitute or give rise to an offence under this section.
In addition to any other penalty provided in this section, equipment used to commit an offence under this section may, by order of a Court, be forfeited to the Government upon conviction of any owner or other person having control of such equipment or apparatus regardless of the fact that the operation giving rise to the offence has ceased.
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