This document discusses cyber law and cybercrime. It defines cybercrime as illegal activities committed using computers or online networks, such as fraud, privacy violations, and identity theft. Categories of cybercrime include committing frauds, violating privacy, and stealing identities. The document notes that as technology and computer use increases, cybercrimes are also rising. It explains that cyber law was developed to establish rules and punishments for illegal internet activities. Major cyber laws passed in Pakistan include the Electronic Transaction Ordinance of 2002 and the Cyber Crime Bill of 2007, which address issues like cyber terrorism, data damage, electronic fraud, and unauthorized access.

1. Topic: Cyber Law
Name: AHSSAN AKHTAR
Roll: 14749
Semester : 6th(morning)
Subject : professional Practices
Department of Government college University
Faisalabad

2. Crime:
An illegal activity which is
harm to individual , society or
government is called crime.

3. Cyberspace:
Definition :
cyber space is an electronic medium of computer
network through which online communication takes place.
Now a days cyber crimes increase because computer has
become central to commerce , entertainment and
government.

4. Cyber Crime:
Use of computer or network as an instrument in
illegal activities.
Categories:
 Committing frauds
Violating Privacy
 Stealing identities

5. Example of cybercrime:
With in increase of technology and computer
these crimes ratio increase day by day.
 Email account of federal minister is hacked.
 Credit card frauds.
 Financial institutions are favorite target of cyber criminals.

6. Cyber law:
Why need cyber law?
With the increase of these crimes day by day many countries
feel to made the laws that check internet communication and
give punish to those people who commits that crimes then for
this many countries made law for check and balance of
internet communication activities and decide punishment
according to the committed activity.

7. Definition of cyber law:
Cyber law is the part of the whole legal system that deals with
the Internet, cyberspace, and their particular legal issues. Cyber
law covers a justly broad area, about several subtopics together
with freedom of look, access to and usage of the Internet, and
online privacy.

8. Importance of cyber law:
Importance of Cyber law:
Cyber law is vital because it traces almost all parts of
transactions and actions on and about the Internet, the World
Wide Web and Cyberspace. Mainly it may seem that Cyber laws
is a very nominal field and that it does not have any approach to
most activities in Cyberspace

9. Cyber Laws in world:
 Electronic Commerce Act (Ireland)
 Electronic Transactions Act (UK, USA,)
 Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Hong
Kong)
 Information Technology Act (India)

10. Cyber Law in Pakistan:
There are different law are publicized in Pakistan.
These laws not only deal with crime of Internet but also deals
crimes that related to cyber crimes.
Two recent cyber crime bills pass in Pakistan to stop cyber crimes
 Electronic Transaction Ordinance 2002
 Electronic / Cyber Crime Bill 2007

11. Electronic transaction act (2002)
Electronic transaction act 2002:
it is made to secure transaction and it was the first law
made in Pakistan to the relate of it.it is related to the
foreign laws of cybercrime.

12. Cyber crime bill (2007)
It deals with the crimes that is given below:
Cyber terrorism
 Data damage
 Electronic fraud
 Unauthorized access to code
 Cyber nuisance

13. Punishment for some cyber crime:
Data damage:
Custody 3 year and fine 3 lac.
Electronic fraud:
Custody 7 year and fine 7 lac.
Malicious code:
Custody 5 year and fine 5 lac.

14. Agencies Role:
In Pakistan our agencies work to stop cyber crime
.There names below.
Federal intelligence agency
Sindh police-Cyber cop