Chapter XVIII Offences and penalties 65. Whosoever convicted of providing telecommunication service without any license is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding five years and a fine. 66. Whosoever convicted of any of the following offences is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding three years or a fine or both: (a) Hacking into a telecommunications network without the permission of the network owner or his or her authorized agent, viewing, using, disturbing, or altering or destroying the standards or the original state of the network; (b) Hacking into a telecommunication network by means of a virus or any other way in order to have a telecommunication network destroyed; (c) Stealing, swindling, misappropriating or making mischief using a telecommunication network; (d) Blackmailing, bullying, making wrongful restraint on, defaming, disturbing, exerting undue influence on or threatening a person using a telecommunication network. 67. Whosoever convicted of possessing or using telecommunication equipment that is prescribed to use under a license without any license is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine or both. 68. Whosoever convicted of any of the following offences is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine or both: (a) Communicating, receiving, transmitting, distributing or delivering false information maliciously; (b) Prohibiting, obstructing or disturbing the transmission, reception, communication, delivery or distribution of information without the permission; (c) Trespassing on the place where a telecommunication service is being done and trespass is prohibited with the consent of the regulator; (d) Prohibiting, obstructing or disturbing the discharge of the duties of an official assigned to any telecommunication service by its licensee; 69. Whosoever is convicted of disclosing in any way the information stored by means of a reliable system or a secret system (except a lawsuit in respect to telecommunications and the matter allowed to be disclosed by order of a law court), to a person who is not related to it, is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine or both. 70. Any licensee convicted of using, possessing, supplying or importing network facilities or telecommunication equipment, which does not meet the prescribed technical standards, is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine or both. 71. Anyone who obstructs or interferes with the discharge of an official duty by the regulator or the inspection team formed by the regulator is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding six months or a fine or both. 72. Whosoever is convicted of violating any prohibition stated in the rules, notification, orders, directives and procedures issued under this law is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding six months or a fine or both. 73. Whosoever attempts to commit any of the offences stated in this law or conspiring to do so or abetting in doing so is liable to a penalty stated in this law. www.FreeExpressionMyanmar.org