Post and Telecommunication-related Matters Act, 1958 (Act No. 44 of 1958)

Chapter VII : Offences and Penalties

105. Divulging contents of telephonic communications
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[Heading substituted by section 31 of Act No. 22 of 2011]

 

 

Any officer who, not being a witness in a court of law, without the consent of the sender or receiver, or otherwise than in pursuance of his or her duties—

(a)[Paragraph (a) deleted by section 31 of Act No. 22 of 2011];
(b)divulges the existence, contents or substance of any telephonic communication or maliciously or wilfully intercepts a telephonic communication or prevents or delays the transmission thereof or makes use for his or her own purposes of any knowledge he or she may acquire of the contents thereof,

[Paragraph (b) substituted by section 31 of Act No. 22 of 2011]

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R4000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.