PART INew Corporation for the Provision of Telecommunication and Data Processing Services

Offences

48Fraudulent use of public telecommunication system

1

A person who dishonestly uses a public telecommunication system with intent to avoid payment (including any such system provided, under licence, otherwise than by the Corporation) shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

a

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both ; and

b

on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

2

This section shall come into operation on the appointed day.