View All - 2007 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances COMPUTER CRIMEMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Computer Crime Act, No.24 of 2007 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may by Order published in the Gazette appoint (hereinafter referred to as the "appointed date").2. Application of this Act. 3. Securing unauthorised access to a computer an offence. 4. Doing any act to secure unauthorised access in order to commit an offence 5. Causing a computer to perform a function without lawful authority an offence. 6. Offences committed against national security &c. 7. Dealing with data &c., unlawfully obtained an offence. 8. Illegal interception of data an offence. 9. Using of illegal devices an offence. 10. Unauthorised disclosure of information enabling access to a service, an offence. 11. Attempts to commit offence. 12. Abetment of an offence. 13. Conspiring to commit an offence. 14. Compensation to be awarded for loss or damage consequent to an offence. 15. Offences under this Act to be investigated under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 16. Offence under the Act to be cognizable offence. 17. Appointment of a panel of experts. 18. Powers of search and seizure with warrant. 19. Preservation of information. 20. Normal use of computer not to be hampered. 21. Power of police officer to arrest, search and seize. 22. Police officer to record and afford access to seized data. 23. Duty to assist investigation. 24. Confidentiality of information obtained in the course of an investigation. 25. Jurisdiction. 26. Proof of document issued by an expert or a Police Officer. 27. Amendment of the Schedule to the Extradition Law, No. 8 of 1977. 28. Immunity from legal proceedings. 29. Experts deemed to be peace officer and public officer. 30. Offences by bodies of persons. 31. Presumptions. 32. Regulations. 33. Minister to notify requesting State, of measures taken against persons for whose extradition request is made. 34. Rights of certain persons arrested for offences under this Act. 35. Assistance to Convention States &c. 36. Offences under this Act, not to be political offences &c., for the purposes of the Extradition Law. 37. Sinhala text to prevail in the event of inconsistency. 38. Interpretation.