43 Malicious communications
Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (2001 c 16) | Legislation

43  Malicious communications

(1)     In subsection (1) of section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 (c 27) (offence of sending letters and other articles with intent to cause distress or anxiety)—

(a)     in paragraph (a), for “letter or other article” there shall be substituted “letter, electronic communication or article of any description”; and

(b)     in paragraph (b), for the word “other article” there shall be substituted “article or electronic

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