Loi n°027/2023, infractions et sanctions informatiques
Loi n°027/2023 du 11 juillet 2023 portant réglementation de la cybersécurité et de la lutte contre la cybercriminalité en République… Gabonaise, chapitre Ier (art. 49-61)
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In force since 15 July 2023.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 4 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not access or remain in a computer system without authorization, whether or not the system is protected by a technical measure, and do not exceed an access you were granted.
- Do not hinder the operation of a computer system, or fraudulently introduce, alter, delete, or extract the data it holds.
- Do not knowingly use data you know was obtained through one of these offences.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Base offences under arts. 49-56 range from five to ten years' imprisonment with fines from 50,000,000 up to 100,000,000 FCFA depending on the provision (see penalty_structure note for the full ladder). Art. 77 raises every penalty under the law to twenty-five years' criminal detention and a fine of up to 500,000,000 FCFA where the offence is committed by an organized group, and applies the same raised penalty to an offence against a State information system or critical infrastructure. Art. 76 doubles the applicable penalty on recidivism. Art. 78 adds dissolution, a bar on operating, closure of an establishment, or exclusion from public tenders for a legal person that diverted its purpose to commit the offence.
Penalty structure
The base fine on the tiered scale tops out at 100,000,000 FCFA (alongside up to ten years' imprisonment) for fraudulent access exceeding an authorized access (art. 49), fraudulently introducing data (art. 52), intercepting data (art. 53), fraudulently introducing, altering, deleting, or extracting data (art. 54), knowingly using data obtained through these offences (art. 55), and dealing in access tools (art. 56). Fraudulently remaining in a system (art. 50) and hindering its operation (art. 51) each carry a lower cap of 50,000,000 FCFA alongside up to five years. A cryptology-specific offence (exporting or providing cryptology services without authorization, arts. 59-60) carries a lower cap again, 20,000,000 FCFA alongside up to five years. Art. 77 raises the true ceiling on any of these offences to 500,000,000 FCFA and twenty-five years' criminal detention where committed by an organized group or against a State information system or critical infrastructure, and art. 76 separately doubles the applicable penalty on recidivism.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 4 September 2026
- Currency
- XAF
- Fixed cap
- 500,000,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Autorités judiciaires gabonaises
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction, Security
What this law does
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Loi n°027/2023 punishes fraudulently accessing all or part of a computer system, including exceeding an authorized access, with up to ten years' imprisonment and a fine of up to 100,000,000 FCFA or one of these penalties; fraudulently remaining in a system or hindering its operation each carry up to five years and up to 50,000,000 FCFA or either penalty; and fraudulently introducing, altering, deleting, or extracting data, or knowingly using data obtained through any of these offences, each carry up to ten years and up to 100,000,000 FCFA or either penalty.
An offence against a State information system or critical infrastructure, or an offence committed in an organized group, is punished more heavily still: up to twenty-five years' criminal detention and a fine of up to 500,000,000 FCFA. A legal person additionally faces dissolution, a temporary or permanent bar on operating, closure of an establishment, or exclusion from public tenders, where it diverted its purpose to commit the offence.
The law replaced ordonnance n°15/PR/2018 du 23 février 2018 on the same subject, and gave every person and entity it reaches six months from its entry into force to come into compliance.
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Read the law
Loi n°027/2023 du 11 juillet 2023 portant réglementation de la cybersécurité et de la lutte contre la cybercriminalité en République…
Loi n°027/2023 du 11 juillet 2023 portant réglementation de la cybersécurité et de la lutte contre la cybercriminalité en République Gabonaise, Journal Officiel de la République Gabonaise