(2) A claim by a person for damages sustained by reason of the offence shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent of any amount which has been paid to him under an order for compensation, but the order shall not prejudice any right to a civil remedy for the recovery of damages beyond the amount of compensation paid under the order. (3) civil debt. An order for compensation under this section shall be recoverable as a (4) For the purposes of this section, a program or data held in a computer is deemed to be the property of the owner of the computer. 20. Nothing in this Act prohibits a police officer or a person authorised in writing by the Commissioner of Police ("authorised person") from lawfully conducting investigations pursuant to any powers conferred under any written law. Savings for investigations by police officer 21. (1) This section applies to a computer which a police officer or an authorised person has reasonable cause to suspect is or has been in used in connection with any offence under this Act or any other offence which has been disclosed in the course of the lawful exercise of the powers under this section. Power of police officer to access computer program and data (2) Where a Magistrate is satisfied by information on oath given by a police officer that there are reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under this Act has been or is about to be committed in any place and that evidence that such an offence has been or is about to be committed is in that place, he may issue a warrant authorising any police officer to enter and search that place, including any computer, using such reasonable force as is necessary. (3) A warrant issued under this section may also direct an authorised person to accompany any police officer executing the warrant and remains in force for twenty-eight days from the date of its issue. (4) In executing a warrant under this section, a police officer may seize any computer, data, program, information, document, or thing if he reasonably believes that it is evidence that an offence under this Act has been or is about to be committed. (5) A police officer executing a warrant may be accompanied by an authorised person and is (a) entitled, with the assistance of that person, to (i) have access to and inspect and check the operation of any computer to which this section applies; (ii) use or cause to be used any such computer to search any program or data held in or available to such computer; 15