(a) produced by a computer; or
(b) accurately translated from a statement or representation so produced;
“computer service” includes computer time, data processing and the storage or
retrieval of data;
“damage” means, except for the purposes of section 17, any impairment to a
computer or the integrity or availability of data, a program or system, or
information, that —
(a) causes loss aggregating at least $10,000 in value, or such other
amount as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe
except that any loss incurred or accrued more than one year after the
date of the offence in question must not be taken into account;
(b) modifies or impairs, or potentially modifies or impairs, the medical
examination, diagnosis, treatment or care of one or more persons;
(c) causes or threatens physical injury or death to any person; or
(d) threatens public health or public safety;
“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;
“electromagnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device” means any device,
apparatus or program 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”, in relation to a function of a computer, includes listening to or
recording a function of a computer, or acquiring the substance, meaning or
purport thereof;
“program or computer program” means data representing instructions or
statements that, when executed in a computer, causes the computer to perform
a function.
[22/2017]
(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 the person —
(a) alters or erases the program or data;
Singapore Statutes Online
Current version as at 22 Feb 2023
PDF created date on: 22 Feb 2023