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According to section 7 of the Act, it is an offence for any person to intentionally and without authorization, intercept by technical means, transmissions of non-public computer data or computer system network; on conviction, the offender will be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years or to a fine of not less than N5,000,000.00 or to both.
Further, section 10 (1b) of the cybercrime Act states that any person who unlawfully supplies, manipulates, procures for use or offers for sale a computer password, access code or similar data by which the whole or any part of a computer system or network is capable of being accessed, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than three years or a fine of not less than N7,000,000.00 or to both.
The offence may also be punishable under section 9 of the Act which states that system interference of any kind by an unauthorised party will be an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of not less than two years or to a fine of not less than N5,000,000.00 or to both fine and imprisonment on conviction.

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