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Telecommunications Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Offences and Penalties
65. Fraudulent retention of messages
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Last amended by an amending law of 2005.
Any person who —
(a)
fraudulently retains or wilfully divulges, makes away with or detains a message or record of a message which ought to have been delivered to some other person; or
message
Defined · s 2
“message” means any sign, signal, writing, image, sound, intelligence or information of any nature transmitted by telecommunications;
(b)
being required by a public telecommunication licensee to deliver up any such message or record of such message neglects or refuses to do so,shall be guilty of an offence.[46
public telecommunication licensee
Defined · s 2
“public telecommunication licensee” means a person designated by the Authority under section 8;