Any person who initiates a commercial e-mail that the person knew or should have known to be false or misleading that is sent from, passes through, or is received by a protected computer shall be guilty of the crime of initiation of deceptive commercial e-mail. (Code 1981, § 16-9-101, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 199, § 4/SB 62.) 16-9-102. Penalties.