Law No. 2014-006, fraudulent access to an information system
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In force.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not access, or remain connected to, all or part of an information system intentionally and without a legitimate excuse or justification.
- Whether reading a public, unauthenticated page with no login or technical barrier counts as access without a legitimate excuse or justification has not been tested by a Malagasy court.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionNo
Criminal exposure note
A fine of 100,000 to 10,000,000 Ariary for fraudulent access or continued presence alone; six months' to five years' imprisonment together with the same fine range where the access or continued presence damaged data or impeded the system (art. 6).
Penalty structure
Fine-only tier for fraudulent access or continued presence with no resulting damage; the same fine range applies together with six months' to five years' imprisonment where the conduct damaged data or impeded the system's operation.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 5 September 2026
- Currency
- MGA
- Fixed cap
- 10,000,000
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
Article 3 defines fraudulent access as intentionally accessing all or part of an information system without a legitimate excuse or justification, or beyond one. Article 4 defines fraudulent continued presence in the same terms, for remaining connected to or continuing to use a system.
Article 6 punishes fraudulent access or continued presence alone with a fine of 100,000 to 10,000,000 Ariary; where the access or continued presence damaged, erased, altered, or suppressed data, or impeded or altered the system's functioning, the penalty rises to six months' to five years' imprisonment together with the same fine range.
Article 3's definition of fraudulent access nowhere requires infringing a security measure or other technical protection, so its trigger, an intentional access without a legitimate excuse or justification, reads broader on its face than a standard limited to defeating one. The National Assembly adopted the law on 19 June 2014; the presidential promulgation date and Journal Officiel publication date are not confirmed in the primary text located.
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