Criminal Code, illegal access, modification, sabotage and unlawful possession of computer information
Criminal Code (1998, as amended to 2020), Arts. 298-301
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In force.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- An app must not gain access to a computer system, network or machine media by violating its security system, modify computer information or introduce deliberately false information into it, disable or destroy a computer system or its data, or unlawfully copy, seize or intercept information transmitted through a computer system.
- Reading a public, unauthenticated page without violating any security system is not addressed by these provisions on their own terms.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionNo
Criminal exposure note
Art. 298 punishes illegal access to computer information with a fine of two hundred to four hundred calculation indices or imprisonment of up to two years, rising to a fine of four hundred to seven hundred calculation indices or imprisonment of up to four years for negligent grave consequences, or imprisonment of five to eight years where committed with weapons or special means or causing grave consequences. Art. 299 punishes modification of computer information with a fine of three hundred to five hundred calculation indices or imprisonment for the same term as correctional labor of up to two years, rising to a fine of five hundred to one thousand calculation indices or imprisonment of up to three years where associated with illegal access or negligent grave consequences. Art. 300 punishes computer sabotage with a fine of two hundred to five hundred calculation indices, restraint of liberty of up to two years or arrest of up to four months, rising to a fine of five hundred to one thousand calculation indices or imprisonment of up to three years for the same aggravating grounds. Art. 301 punishes illegal copying, seizure or interception of computer information with a fine of two hundred to five hundred calculation indices or imprisonment of up to two years, rising through restraint of liberty of up to five years or imprisonment of two to seven years for coercion or aggravated circumstances, to imprisonment of seven to ten years where repeated, committed by an organized group, or negligently causing death or other grave consequences.
What this law does
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Art. 298 punishes unlawful access to information stored in a computer system, network or on machine media where the access is accompanied by a violation of the security system, with escalating tiers for negligent damage and for grave consequences. Art. 299 punishes modification of computer information or the introduction of deliberately false information that causes significant damage or a threat of it.
Art. 300 punishes destruction, blocking or rendering unusable of computer information or programs, or disabling computer equipment. Art. 301 punishes illegal copying or other illegal seizure of information stored in a computer system, network or machine media, and interception of information transmitted using computer communications, with aggravated tiers for coercion, violence, prior conspiracy or organized-group commission.
Each offense's trigger is unauthorized action against the system or its data, so reading a public, unauthenticated page without defeating a security system falls outside a plain reading of these provisions.
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Read the law
Official English translation of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan (1998, as amended)
legislationline.org, in an Internet Archive capture of the document