Law by Decree No. 16 of 2017 on Cybercrime (Repealed)
Law by Decree No. 16 of 2017 on Cybercrime
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Repealed: no longer in force.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- This law has been repealed and no longer binds; see Law by Decree No. 10 of 2018 on Cybercrime, which replaced it.
- While in force, it prohibited deliberately and illegally accessing a website, system, network, or means of information technology without authorisation, or exceeding the scope of authorised access (art. 4(1)).
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionNo
Criminal exposure note
Article 4(1)'s base unauthorised-access offence carried confinement plus a fine of 200 to 1,000 Jordanian dinars, the same amount its successor decree kept. Article 51 separately allowed a sentence of hard labour for life or temporary hard labour, with no stated fine, for any of the decree's offences committed with intent to violate public order, endanger community safety, or undermine national unity, or to show contempt for religion.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Regular Palestinian courts and the Public Prosecution heard cybercrime cases, with a specialised unit within the police agency and security forces handling investigation.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction, Prohibition
What this law does
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Palestine's first comprehensive cybercrime statute, issued in Ramallah on 24 June 2017, criminalised unauthorised computer access, service disruption, and data interception in article 4 in terms materially identical to its successor's article 4, and additionally allowed a sentence of hard labour for life or temporary hard labour where an enumerated cybercrime was committed with intent to violate public order, endanger community safety or integrity, or undermine national unity, or with the intention of showing contempt for religion (art. 51).
It was repealed in its entirety by Law by Decree No. 10 of 2018 on Cybercrime, article 55(1), and no provision of it currently binds.
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