Article 3 of Law on Combating Information Technology Crimes

The following shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine of not less than three thousand dinars and not exceeding ten thousand dinars, or by either of these two penalties: 1- Anyone who unlawfully accesses a website or information system, directly, through the information network or by a means of information technology, with the intention of obtaining government data or information that is confidential by law. If such access results in the deletion, damage, destruction, publication or alteration of such data or information, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine of not less than five thousand dinars and not exceeding twenty thousand dinars, or either of these two penalties. This provision shall apply to data and information relating to the accounts of customers of banking establishments. 2- Anyone who forges or damages a document, record, electronic signature, electronic data-processing system, automated electronic system, website, computer system or electronic system by fabrication, alteration, conversi or any other method, using a means of information technology. If the forgery concerns an official or banking document or electronic government or banking data, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and a fine of not less than five thousand dinars and not exceeding thirty thousand dinars, or either of these two penalties. Anyone who uses any of the foregoing knowing that it is forged or has lost its legal force shall be punished by the same penalty, as the case may be. 3- Anyone who intentionally alters or damages an electronic document relating to medical examinations, medical diagnosis, medical treatment or medical care, or facilitates or enables another to do so, by using the information network or a means of information technology. 4- Anyone who uses the information network or uses a means of information technology to threaten or blackmail a natural or legal person to compel that person to perform or refrain from an act. If the threat is to commit a felony or something constituting an affront to persons' dignity or an injury to honour, esteem or reputation, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine of not less than five thousand dinars and not exceeding twenty thousand dinars, or either of these two penalties. 5- Anyone who, through the information network or by using a means of information Law Index 477 Home Page Law on Combating Information Technology Crimes Law No. 63 of 2015 concerning Combating Information Technology Crimes technology, obtains for himself or another property, a benefit, a document or a signature on a document, by using a fraudulent method, assuming a false name or impersonating an untrue capacity, where this is capable of deceiving the victim.