KARACHI: About four years jail term has been prescribed for tempering data of Pakistan Single Window (PSW).
According to Finance Act, 2022 certain amendments have been made to Customs Act, 1969 to prescribed fine and penalty for attempting to tamper or making unauthorized entry to the online data of PSW.
According to the Finance Act, 2022:
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Offence: If any person makes or attempts to make unauthorized access to information, data or personal details of registered user of Pakistan Single Window system or systems connected or ancillary thereto;
Penalty: Imprisonment which may extend up to six months or with fine which may extend to one hundred thousand rupees or with both.
Offence: If any person makes or attempts to make unauthorized copy, transmission or cause to transmit any data, information or detail in relations to Pakistan Single Window system or systems connected or ancillary thereto;
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Penalty: Imprisonment which may extend upto six months or with fine which may extend to one hundred thousand rupees or with both.
Offence: If any person makes unauthorized interference, or attempt to interfere, damage or attempt to damage any part of whole of the Pakistan Single Window system or data or system connected to or ancillary thereto;
Penalty: Imprisonment which may extend to three years or fine which may extend to five hundred thousand rupees or with both.
Offence: If any person makes or attempts to make use of any information system, device or data to make any illegal claim or title or cause any person to part with property or to enter into any express or implied contract or intent to commit fraud by any input, alteration, deletion or suppression of data, resulting in unauthentic data with the intent that such data be considered or acted upon for legal purpose, as if it were authentic in relations to Pakistan Single Window system or Systems connected or ancillary thereto;
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Penalty: Imprisonment which may extend to four years or fine which may extend to one million rupees or with both.
Offence: If any person uses, makes, supplies, retains, obtains device, system or software for offences under section 13 of the Pakistan Single Window Act, 2021 (III of 2021);
Penalty: Imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one hundred thousand rupees or with both.
Offence: If any person obtains, sells, process, uses or transmits another person’s Unique User Identifier or makes an attempt thereof without authorization;
Penalty: Imprisonment which may extend to four years and fine which may extend to one million rupees or with both.
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Offence: If any person tampers with or attempts to tamper with, alters, reprogrammes any Pakistan Single Window system or system connected or ancillary thereto for unauthorized use;
Penalty: Imprisonment which may extend to four years and fine which may extend up to one million rupees or with both and any devices or systems used in offence shall be liable to confiscation.
Offence: If any person writes, offers, makes available, distributes or transmits a malicious code or abets in the same, with intent to cause harm to Pakistan Single Window system or data resulting in or intending to result in corruption, destruction, alteration, suppression, theft or loss to the Pakistan Single Window system or data, or any attempt thereof.
Penalty: Imprisonment for a term which may extend to four years and fine which may extend to five million rupees or with both.
