Communications and Multimedia (Amendment) Act 2025 · s 95

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95.
Amendment of section 236
Section 236 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)	 in paragraph (1)(a)—
(i)	 by inserting after the words “imports,” the words
“exports,”;
(ii)	 by inserting after the word “supplies” the words
“, modifies”; and
(iii)	 by inserting after the word “hire” the words
“or distributes”;
(b)	 in paragraph (1)(c)—
(i)	 by inserting after the words “imports,” the words
“exports,”;
(ii)	 by inserting after the word “supplies” the words
“, modifies”; and
(iii)	 by inserting after the words “hire,” the word
“distributes”;

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(c)	 in subsection (3)—
(i)	 by substituting for the words “five hundred thousand” the words “one million”; and
(ii)	 by substituting for the words “five years”
the words “ten years”; and
(d)	 in subsection (4), in the definition of “counterfeit access device”, by inserting after the words “a counterfeit access device” the words “, which includes any access device
|that is primarily to assist in decoding an encrypted programme-carrying signal transmitted by any means without the authorization of the lawful distributor of such signal”.

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s 95Amendment of section 236

Section 236 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(a)—

(i)

by inserting after the words “imports,” the words

“exports,”;

(ii)

by inserting after the word “supplies” the words

“, modifies”; and

(iii)

by inserting after the word “hire” the words

“or distributes”;

(b)

in paragraph (1)(c)—

(i)

by inserting after the words “imports,” the words

“exports,”;

(ii)

by inserting after the word “supplies” the words

“, modifies”; and

(iii)

by inserting after the words “hire,” the word

“distributes”;

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(c)

in subsection (3)—

(i)

by substituting for the words “five hundred thousand” the words “one million”; and

(ii)

by substituting for the words “five years”

the words “ten years”; and

(d)

in subsection (4), in the definition of “counterfeit access device”, by inserting after the words “a counterfeit access device” the words “, which includes any access device

|that is primarily to assist in decoding an encrypted programme-carrying signal transmitted by any means without the authorization of the lawful distributor of such signal”.