Penal Code, cybercafé and internet-access-provider minor-access restrictions
Code pénal Loi n° 20-038/AU du 29 décembre 2020, promulguée par Décret n° 21-018/PR du 16 février 2021, Chapitre 4 (De la cybercriminalité), Section 5, arts. 479-482
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In force since 16 February 2021.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 479 conditions access to internet service from a cybercafé on prior identification of the user, which the cybercafé operator must carry out under conditions a decree sets.
Article 480 bars a minor under eighteen from accessing a cybercafé unless accompanied by an adult authorized by the minor's parents or guardian, and limits a minor's internet access there to exclude pornographic, violent, racist, or degrading websites and, generally, any website offending human dignity or inciting lawlessness.
The same article requires every person offering online communication-service access to inform subscribers of the existence of technical means to restrict or select the services they reach, and to offer at least one such means.
Article 481 punishes an internet-access provider that does not comply with article 480's obligations with six to twelve months' imprisonment, and article 482 punishes anyone who does not comply with the information-and-filtering-tools obligation with a fine of 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 Comorian francs.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Article 481 punishes an internet-access provider's non-compliance with article 480's minor-access obligations with six to twelve months' imprisonment; article 482 punishes non-compliance with the subscriber-information and filtering-tools obligation with a fine of 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 Comorian francs.
Penalty structure
The monetary figure is article 482's fine for the information-and-filtering-tools obligation; article 481's separate penalty for the cybercafé/access-restriction obligation is imprisonment only (six to twelve months), with no fine, and is recorded in criminal_exposure_note rather than in this monetary structure.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 7 September 2026
- Minimum
- 1,000,000
- Currency
- KMF
- Fixed cap
- 10,000,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Ministère Public (public prosecutor), Union of the Comoros
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Cybercafés and internet-access providers operating in the Union of the Comoros
Obligation class
Age verification, Access restriction
Verification methods
Parental consent
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