A BILL FOR AN ACT TO ADDRESS CYBERCRIME BY PROVIDING FOR THE GATHERING OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE AND THE REMEDIES IN RELATION TO CYBERCRIME AND FOR RELATED MATTERS ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji–– PART 1––PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement 1.––(1) This Act may be cited as the Cybercrime Act 2020. (2) This Act comes into force on a date or dates appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires–– “computer data” or “data” means any representation of facts, information or concepts in a form suitable for processing in a computer system, including a program suitable to cause a computer system to perform a function or a series of functions; “computer program” or “program” means any computer data representing algorithms, codes, instructions or statements suitable to cause a computer system to perform a function or a series of functions; “computer system” means any device or a group of interconnected or related devices, one or more of which, pursuant to a program, performs automatic processing of data; “disciplined force” means–– (a) (b) (c) the Republic of Fiji Military Forces; the Fiji Police Force; or the Fiji Corrections Service; “hinder”, in relation to a computer system, includes to–– (a) (b) (c) (d) cut the electricity supply to a computer system; cause electromagnetic interference with a computer system; corrupt a computer system; or damage, delete, deteriorate, alter, modify or suppress computer data; “hosting provider” means any person providing a computer data transmission service by storing information provided by a user of the service; 3