Section 7 | Unlawful acquisition, possession, provision, receipt or use of password, access code or similar data or device

  1. Any person who unlawfully and intentionally—
    1. acquires;
    2. possesses;
    3. provides to another person; or
    4. uses,
      a password, an access code or similar data or device for purposes of contravening the provisions of section 2(1) or (2), 3(1), 5(1), 6(1), 8 or 9(1), is guilty of an offence.
  2. Any person who is found in possession of a password, an access code or similar data or device in regard to which there is a reasonable suspicion that such password, access code or similar data or device—
    1. was acquired;
    2. is possessed;
    3. is to be provided to another person; or
    4. was used or may be used,
      for purposes of contravening the provisions of section 2(1) or (2), 3(1), 5(1), 6(1), 8 or 9(1), and who is unable to give a satisfactory exculpatory account of such possession, is guilty of an offence.
  3. For purposes of this section ‘‘password, access code or similar data or device’’ includes—
    1. a secret code or pin;
    2. an image;
    3. a security token;
    4. an access card;
    5. any device;
    6. biometric data; or
    7. a word or a string of characters or numbers,
      used for financial transactions or user authentication in order to access or use data, a computer program, a computer data storage medium or a computer system.