Cybercrime Act, illegal access to a computer system
Cybercrime Act, Cap. 106:01 (Act No. 32 of 2020), s. 3
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In force since 5 October 2020.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not access a computer system of another person without authorisation, in excess of authorisation, or by infringing a security measure, and do not continue to exceed authorised access once it is withdrawn.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionNo
Criminal exposure note
A fine of three thousand dollars and imprisonment of up to three years on summary conviction, or a fine of five thousand dollars and imprisonment of up to five years on conviction on indictment (s. 3(3)).
Penalty structure
The indictable tier; the summary-conviction tier is a fine of three thousand dollars. Either tier also carries imprisonment (three years summary, five years on indictment) alongside the fine.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 5 September 2026
- Currency
- BZD
- Fixed cap
- 5,000
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
Section 3 makes it an offence to intentionally access a computer system of another person either without authorisation or in excess of authorisation, or by infringing a security measure of the system, and section 3(2) separately makes it an offence to continue to exceed authorised access without lawful excuse.
Because the first limb of the offence is disjunctive with the security-measure limb, a plain reading reaches a person who accesses a system without permission even where no security measure was defeated, which is broader than a statute that requires infringing a security measure in every case, though no reported Belizean case has applied section 3 to the scraping of a public, unauthenticated page specifically.
The offence carries a fine of three thousand dollars and imprisonment of up to three years on summary conviction, rising to a fine of five thousand dollars and imprisonment of up to five years on conviction on indictment.
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