Proposta de Lei sobre Crimes Cibernéticos (Draft Cybercrime Law) (Mozambique)

The Mozambican Government's draft Cybercrime Law (Proposta de Lei sobre Crimes Cibernéticos), approved by the Council of Ministers on 30 September 2025 and transmitted to the Assembleia da República, is one of two complementary digital-governance bills, the other being the draft Cybersecurity Law (Proposta de Lei da Segurança Cibernética). As at June 2026 neither had been enacted, and this instrument remains a draft. The Cybercrime Law establishes rules applicable to all natural and legal persons, public or private, that use data-communication networks and information systems. It contains both substantive criminal provisions (defining computer-related offences) and procedural provisions, including the collection and admissibility of electronic evidence and mechanisms for international cooperation. The Government has framed the Bill as a response to the "sense of impunity" around cyber offences and as a means of aligning Mozambique's legal framework with international standards. The companion Cybersecurity Law focuses on safeguarding the State, institutions, citizens, information systems and critical infrastructure in cyberspace. Until enactment, computer crimes in Mozambique are prosecuted under general Penal Code provisions, which scholars have noted are only partially adapted to digital offences. The data-protection track is separate: Mozambique has been preparing a Personal Data Protection Law expected around June 2026, recorded elsewhere in this library. For the ATLPF library this instrument is tagged Cybercrime and cross-referenced to Mozambique's Personal Data Protection Bill. Note for editors: no consolidated official bill-text PDF was located; the most authoritative available source is the INTIC (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação) announcement that the proposals had advanced to the Assembleia da República. The entry is flagged for a sourcing update once the Bill is gazetted.

1. 1Substantive criminal provisions defining computer/cyber offences, applicable to all public and private users of data-communication networks and information systems
2. 2Procedural provisions for the collection and admissibility of electronic evidence
3. 3Provisions for international cooperation in cybercrime investigations
4. 4Companion to the draft Cybersecurity Law (Proposta de Lei da Segurança Cibernética) protecting the State, institutions, citizens and critical infrastructure
5. 5Approved by the Council of Ministers 30 September 2025; transmitted to the Assembleia da República; not yet enacted as at June 2026
6. 6Intended to address the 'sense of impunity' around cyber offences and align with international standards