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Brief Summary: Computer Crime Act 1997

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Computer Crime Act 1997

In this century, crime is growing along with the rapid computer technology and the internet. Increasing use of computers in society activities are the main cause of the occurrence of criminal offenses related to computer or cyber. Computers can become an instrument of crime, such as in cases of fraud, murder and more. Apart from that, it also can be the object of a crime such as theft of computer chips and can lead to criminal subjects, for example computer intrusions and the spread of computer viruses. Here it can be seen that a crime previously only restricted to the physical environment, now extends to the treatment of crime through cyberspace using computer technology. The crimes also known as cyber crime or computer …show more content…

Concurrently with its launch, four Act was announced as Cyber Law Act including the Computer Crimes Act 1997. Computer Crime Act 1997 only contains 12 provisions with 6 for the offense may be convicted under this act. This Act comes into force on 1 June 2000. Computer Crimes Act 1997 sets out some form of error which can be convicted under the provisions of this act. Elements that are a prerequisite for conviction is appropriate to the nature of computer crime itself. With the advent of such acts, can to some extent solve the problem of computer crime or cyber. There are three main offenses provided for by the Act to address this problem of computer crime which are an unauthorized access to computer material, the unauthorized access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offense, and an unauthorized modification of the contents of any …show more content…

For the first element of this, before someone intruders or criminals can be convicted, intruders must be proved that he was exercising the functions of the computer is either in the form of a control computer, has written data, the storage and retrieval of data, or communicate directly or via telecommunications and computer the victim. Acts of access to any program or data held in a computer includes an act to modify or delete programs or data, copy or move it to any storage medium, using it or has it in the output of the

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