“seize” includes(a)
make and retain a copy of data, including by using on-site equipment; and
(b)
render inaccessible, or remove, r data in the accessed computer; and
(c) take a printout of output of computer data.
17.
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall have effect in relation to any
person, whatever his nationality or citizenship, outside as well as within Antigua and
Barbuda; and where an offence under this Act is committed by a person in any place
outside of Antigua and Barbuda, he may be dealt with as if the offence had been
committed within Antigua and Barbuda.
Territorial scope
of offence under
this Act
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1), this Act shall apply if, for the offence
in question (a) the accused was in Antigua and Barbuda at the material time;
(b) the computer, program or data was in Antigua and Barbuda at the material
time; or
(c) the damage occurred within Antigua and Barbuda, whether or not
paragraph (a) or (b) applies.
18. (1)
A High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all offences
committed under this Act.
Jurisdiction of
court
(2)
A summary court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any
offence, except under sections 9, 11, 12, 13 and 15 and 29, if(a) the accused was within the magisterial district at the time when he
committed the offence;
(b)any computer containing any program or data which the accused used was
within the magisterial district at the time when he committed the offence; or
(c)the damage occurred within the magisterial district, whether or not
paragraph (a) or (b) applies.
Order for
19.
(1) The court before which a person is convicted of any offence under this Act
of
may make an order against him for the payment of a sum to be fixed by the court by way payment
compensation
of compensation to any person for any damage caused to that person's computer, program
or data as a result of the offence for which the sentence is passed.
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