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REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL
One People – One Goal – One Faith
Law No. 2008-11 on Cybercrime
The National Assembly adopted, at its session of Friday, November 30, 2007,
The Senate adopted, at its session of Tuesday, January 15, 2008,
And the President of the Republic hereby promulgates the Law set out below:
Article 1
Title III, "Offenses relating to information and communication technologies", consisting
of Articles 431-7 to 431-65 set out below, shall be inserted after Article 431-6 of the
Penal Code.
TITLE III: OFFENSES RELATING TO INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER: TERMINOLOGY
Article 431-7
Under the present Law:
1. electronic communication means any making available to the public or a section of the
public of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds or messages of any kind through an
electronic or magnetic communication process;
2. computerized data means any representation of facts, information or concepts in a
form suitable for processing in a computer system;
3. racist or xenophobic in relation to information and communication technologies
means any piece of writing, image or other representation of ideas or theories that
advocates or encourages hatred, discrimination or violence against a person or a group of
persons on grounds of race, color, ancestry or national or ethnic origin, or religion insofar
as it is used as the pretext for hatred, discrimination or violence on one or other of the
grounds mentioned, or that incites such acts;
4. minor means any person below the age of 18 years, as defined in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child;
5. child pornography means any material, irrespective of its nature and form, that
visually depicts a minor engaged in a sexually explicit act or realistic images representing
a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct;
6. computer system means any device, whether isolated or not, or any group of
interconnected devices which, in whole or in part, performs automatic processing of data
pursuant to a program.