80 N o . 13 of 2004] Computer Misuse and Crimes " computer output " or " output " means a statement or representation, whether in written, printed, pictorial, graphical or any other form, purporting to be a statement or representation of fact— (a) produced by a computer; or (b) accurately translated from a statement or representation so produced; " computer service " includes computer time, computer output, data processing and the storage or retrieval of a program or data; " data " means representations of information or of concepts that are being prepared or have been prepared in a form suitable for use in a computer, " electronic, acoustic, mechanical or other device " means any device or apparatus that is used or is capable of being used to intercept any function of a computer; " function " includes logic, control, arithmetic, deletion, storage and retrieval, and communication or telecommunication to, from or within a computer; " intercept" includes, in relation to a function of a computer, listening to or recording a function of a computer, or acquiring the substance, meaning or purport thereof; and " program or computer program " means data representing instructions or statements that, when executed in a computer, causes the computer to perform a function. Application of offences under this Act 3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall have effect in relation to any person, whatever the person's nationality or citizenship, outside as well as within Zambia, and where an offence under this Act is committed by a person in any place outside Zambia, the person may be dealt with as if the offence had been committed within Zambia. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), this Act shall apply if, for the offence in question — (a) the accused was in Zambia at the material time; (b) the computer, program or data was in Zambia at the material time; or (c) the damage occurred within Zambia whether or not paragraph (a) or (b) applies. i

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