Telecommunications Act 2009, Unauthorised-Access and Interception Offences
Telecommunications Act 2009 (Solomon Islands), Part 19 (Offences), s. 120
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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 telecommunications facilities by infringing a security measure, with the intent of obtaining telecommunications data.
- Do not intercept, by technical means, a transmission that is not intended for you and not intended for public reception.
- These offences are framed around telecommunications facilities and telecommunications data, so their reach to a general web server outside the telecommunications sector is unsettled.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
On conviction under section 120: a natural person is liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 penalty units for a first offence and 100,000 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence, or to imprisonment for up to seven years; a company or other entity is liable to a fine not exceeding 500,000 penalty units for a first offence and 2,500,000 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence (s. 121). The Solomon Islands dollar value of a penalty unit is not stated in this Act.
What this law does
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Section 120(1) makes it an offence to, among other things: intentionally and without right or with dishonest or otherwise wrongful intent, access the whole or any part of any telecommunications facilities by infringing a security measure, with the intent of obtaining telecommunications data (paragraph (b)); intercept by technical means a transmission not intended for the accused or for public reception, except as authorised (paragraph (c)); or damage, delete, deteriorate, alter or suppress telecommunications data, or seriously hinder the functioning of telecommunications facilities, without right and with dishonest or otherwise wrongful intent (paragraphs (d) and (e)).
Section 121 sets the penalty. The Act's stated purpose is to regulate the telecommunications sector and establish the Telecommunications Commission, and section 120's operative terms are "telecommunications facilities" and "telecommunications data" rather than a computer system generally. Section 1 provides that the Act commences on a date appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, and the specific commencement notice is not reproduced here.
When LexLint raises it
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