(1) Any person who prevents the functioning of a data processing system or renders such useless shall be subject to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of one to five years.

(2) Any person who deletes, alters, corrupts or bars access to data, or introduces data into a system or sends existing data to another place shall be subject to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of six months to three years.

(3) Where this offence is committed in relation to a data processing system of a public institution or establishment, bank or institution of credit, then the penalty to be imposed shall be increased by one half.

(4) Where a person obtains an unjust benefit for himself or another by committing the acts defined in the aforementioned paragraphs, and such acts do not constitute a separate offence, he shall be subject to a penalty of imprisonment from two years to six years and a judicial fine of up to five thousand days.