(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) are
to be read accordingly.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(c), a person uses a program if the function the
person causes the computer to perform —
(a) causes the program to be executed; or
(b) is itself a function of the program.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), the form in which any program or data is
output (and in particular whether or not it represents a form in which, in the case of a
program, it is capable of being executed or, in the case of data, it is capable of being
processed by a computer) is immaterial.
(5) For the purposes of this Act, access of any kind by any person to any program or
data held in a computer is unauthorised or done without authority if the person —
(a) is not himself or herself entitled to control access of the kind in question to
the program or data; and
(b) does not have consent to access by him or her of the kind in question to the
program or data from any person who is so entitled.
(6) A reference in this Act to any program or data held in a computer includes a
reference to any program or data held in any removable storage medium which is for the
time being in the computer; and a computer is to be regarded as containing any program
or data held in any such medium.
(7) For the purposes of this Act, a modification of the contents of any computer takes
place if, by the operation of any function of the computer concerned or any other
computer —
(a) any program or data held in the computer concerned is altered or erased;
(b) any program or data is added to its contents; or
(c) any act occurs which impairs the normal operation of any computer,
and any act which contributes towards causing such a modification is taken as causing it.
Singapore Statutes Online
Current version as at 22 Feb 2023
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