Career in cyber law - Do you study law and are interested in cyber law and want to make your career in cyber law then this post may be very helpful for you to know more about cyber law. In this post, you will know about what is cyber law, the provisions related to cyber law in Nepal, the provisions relating to cybercrime and punishment, etc. So keep reading this post.
There are many career opportunities in the law subject as well. Employment opportunities have also increased for the youth studying law. A few years ago, studying law was considered to mean making a career as a lawyer.
There are many such courses in law studies in which specialization can be made and a career can be made. One of them is Cyber Law.
What is Cyber Law?
Today everyone is familiar with the Internet. The Internet has limited the whole world. While the Internet has made our lives easier, there is also increasing crime and fraud due to the Internet which has added the fear of harming the human world.
Hacking of internet sites, manipulation of credit card transactions, system tampering with cyber viruses, etc. is called cyber crime. International legal provisions have been made to deal with cybercrime and punish such criminals. Such provisions relating to cybercrime and punishment are covered under cyber law.
Provisions have been made in this law against hacking, credit card fraud, cyber-stalking, the transmission of computer source code, intoxication, and offenses related to intellectual property, copywriters, and trademarks.
After the formation of cyber laws, the need for lawmakers to use these legal provisions and use them to stop cybercrime identify such crimes, and punish the criminals was also felt.
Cyber Law in Nepal
The number of internet users in Nepal is increasing rapidly day by day. The increase in internet users has certainly increased the instances of cybercrime in Nepal due to which the enactment of cyber laws was needed. The cyber law in Nepal was issued on 15 September 2004 A.D. for the first time in Nepal as the Electronic Transaction Act, 2063.
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Some Major Cyber Crimes and Punishments in Nepal
Electronic Transaction Act 2063 (2008) of Nepal has provisioned offenses relating to the computers which means cyber-crime in chapter 9 which is described below:
1. To pirate, destroy, or alter computer source code:
When computer source code is required to be kept as it is positioned for the time being the prevailing law, is if any person, knowingly or with mala fide intention, pirates, destroys, or alters computer source code to be used for any computer, computer program, computer system or computer network or cause, other to do so, he/she shall be liable to the punishment with imprisonment not exceeding three years or with a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand Rupees or with both.
2. Unauthorized Access to Computer Materials:
If any person to have access to any program, information, or data of any computer, uses such a computer without authorization of the owner of or the person responsible for such a computer or even in the case of authorization, performs any act to have access in any program, information or data contrary to from such authorization, such a person shall be liable to the punishment with the fine not exceeding Two Hundred Thousand Rupees or with imprisonment not exceeding three years or with both depending on the seriousness of the offense.
3. Damage to any Computer and Information System:
If any person knowingly and with a mala fide intention to cause wrongful loss or damage to any institution destroys, damages, deletes, alters, disrupts any information of any computer source by any means or diminishes value and utility of such information or affects it injuriously or causes any person to carry out such a person shall be liable to the punishment with the fine not exceeding two thousand Rupees and with imprisonment not exceeding three years or with both.
4. Publication of illegal materials in electronic form:
If any person publishes or displays any material in electronic media including computers, internet which is prohibited to be published or displayed by the prevailing law or which may be contrary to public morality or decent behavior or any type of material that may spread hate or jealousy against anyone or which may jeopardize the harmonious relations subsisting among the peoples of various castes, tribes and communities shall be liable to the punishment with the fine not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Rupees or with the imprisonment not exceeding five years or with both.
5. Confidentiality to Divulge:
If any person who has access to any record, book, register, correspondence, information, documents, or any other material under the authority conferred under this Act or Rules framed hereunder divulges or causes to divulge confidentiality of such record, books, registers, correspondence, information, documents or materials to any unauthorized person, he/she shall be liable to the punishment with a fine not exceeding Ten Thousand Rupees or with imprisonment not exceeding two years or with both, depending on the degree of the offense.
6. To commit computer fraud:
If any person, commits any fraud or any other illegal act, creates, publishes, or otherwise provides a digital signature certificate, or acquires benefit from the payment of any bill, the balance amount of any one's account, any inventory or ATM card in connivance of or otherwise by committing any fraud, amount of the financial benefit so acquired shall be recovered from the offender and be given to the person concerned and such an offender shall be liable to the punishment with a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand Rupees or with imprisonment not exceeding two years or with both.
7. Abetment to commit computer-related offense:
A person who abets others to commit an offense relating to computers under this Act or who attempts or is involved in the conspiracy to commit such an offense shall be liable to the punishment of a fine not exceeding fifty thousand Rupees or with imprisonment not exceeding six months or with both, depending on the degree of the offense.
Career Prospects
With the birth of cybercrime, career prospects in the field of cyber law also started increasing. By specializing in cyber law in this field, youth can make a career as a cyber lawyer. With the increasing number of cyber crimes, the demand for cyber lawyers is also increasing.
Cyber Lawyer deals with crimes related to hacking, credit card forgery, e-commerce, and protection of e-business on the internet, net banking, etc. After doing a course in cyber law, you can make your career as a consultant in a company, firm, or even independently.
Careers can be made in government departments, information and broadcasting, and technical ministries, as cyber lawyers or as cyber consultants. One can also work as a security auditor in technology firms.
If youth want, they can do research in cyber law. After obtaining a doctorate or other degree, one can also do a teaching job at a university or any educational institution. There is no dearth of employment opportunities after studying Cyber Law.
One can also make a career in the corporate sector as a cyber lawyer. Cyber lawyers are kept in the legal departments to look after the cases related to cybercrime in big companies and firms.
How to make a career in Cyber Law?
After graduation in Law, a degree or diploma can be earned in Cyber Law. In many law schools and universities of the country, courses in cyber law are being taught even at the post-graduation level.
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