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Title: | Draft cybercrime legislation in Malawi: a comparative analysis of proposed cybercrime law against international standards and best practices |
Author: | Bande, Lewis C. |
Year: | 2013 |
Periodical: | Journal of African and international law (ISSN 1821-620X) |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 591-702 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Malawi |
Subjects: | bill drafting information technology crime legislation |
Abstract: | The Government of Malawi has formally initiated the process of enacting a law aimed at regulating the increasingly important information and communication technologies (ICT) sector by publishing a draft Bill, providing the country with comprehensive legal and institutional frameworks for the ICT sector. Currently no such frameworks exist. The Bill aims at being an all-inclusive statute that covers almost every aspect of ICT in particular cyber criminality. The draft was published principally to solicit views and input from stakeholders in the ICT sector and the general public. This article is a response to the call for views on the Bill. The article focusses on that part of the Bill that deals with cyber criminality, particularly substantive offences and the principles of criminal liability. The author also analyses the provisions of the Bill relating to cyber crime against international standards as contained in the SADC's Model Law on Computer Crime and Cybercrime, and other key documents developed by the International Telecommunications Union. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |