Laws of Malaysia
6
ACT 563
“computer network” means the interconnection of communication
lines and circuits with a computer or a complex consisting of two
or more interconnected computers;
“computer output” or “output” means a statement or a
representation whether in written, printed, pictorial, film, graphical,
acoustic or other form—
(a) produced by a computer;
(b) displayed on the screen of a computer; or
(c) accurately translated from a statement or representation
so produced;
“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;
“function” includes logic, control, arithmetic, deletion, storage
and retrieval and communication or telecommunication to, from
or within a computer;
“premises” includes land, buildings, movable structures and any
conveyance by land, water and air;
“program” means data representing instructions or statements
that, when executed in a computer, causes the computer to perform
a function.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person secures access to any
program or data held in a computer if, by causing a computer to
perform any function, he—
(a) alters or erases the program or data;
(b) copies or moves it to any storage medium other than that
in which it is held or to a different location in the storage
medium in which it is held;
(c) uses it; or
(d) causes it to be output from the computer in which it is
held whether by having it displayed or in any other manner,
and references to access to a program or data and to an intent to
secure such access shall be construed accordingly.