Prevention of Electronic Crimes: Unauthorized use of identity information, Unauthorized issuance of SIM cards etc, Dignity of Natural Person, Offences against dignity of a natural person

 7. Unauthorized use of another person's identity information or to obtain, sell, possess or transmit or transmit such information.

Section. 16:

 Unauthorized use of identity information:

1. Whoever obtains, sells, possesses, transmits or uses another person's identity information without authorization shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to five million rupees, or with both.

2. Any person whose identity information is obtained, sold, possessed, used or transmission of identity information referred to in sub-section (1) and the authority on receipt of such application may take such measures as deemed appropriate for securing destroying or preventing transmission of such identity information.

8. Issuance of SIM( subscriber identity module); R-IUM (re-useable identification module); or UICC(universal integrated circuit) or any other module designed for authenticating users to establish connection with the network and to be used in cellular mobile, wireless phone or other digital devices without obtaining and verification of the subscriber's antecedents.

Section. 17:

Unauthorized issuance of SIM cards etc:

Whoever sells or otherwise provides subscriber identity module (SIM) card, re-usable identification module (R-IUM) or universal integrated circuit card (UICC)  or other module designed for authenticating users to establish connection with the network and to be used in cellular mobile, wireless phone or other digital devices such as tablets, without obtaining and verification of the subscriber's antecedents in the mode and manner for the time being approved by the authority shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both.

9. Dignity of Natural Person:

Public exhibit or display or transmission of any information knowingly that such information is false and intimidate or harm the reputation or privacy of a natural person through an information system.

Section. 20:

Offences against dignity of a natural person:

1. Whoever intentionally and publicly exhibits or displays or transmits any information through any information system, which he knows to be false, and intimidates or harms the reputation or privacy of a natural person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to one million rupees or with both.

Provided that nothing under this sub-section shall apply to anything aired by a broadcast media or distribution service licensed under PEMRA Ordinance 2002.

2. Any aggrieved person or his guardian, where such person is a minor, may apply to the Authority for removal, destruction of or blocking access to such information referred to in sub-section (1) and the Authority on receipt of such application, shall forthwith pass such orders as deemed reasonable in the circumstances including an order for removal, destruction, preventing transmission of or blocking access to such information and the Authority may also direct any f its licensees to secure such information including traffic data.