Chapter 1 – General Provision
Article 1: Purpose
This law has a purpose to determine education, prevention measures and combat all
kinds of offense commit by computer system.
Article 2: Objective
This law has objectives:
• Ensure the implementation of law, anti-cybercrime and combating all kinds of
offense commit by computer system
• Ensure safety and prevent all legitimate interest in using and developing
technology
Article 3: Scope
This law is applicable to all offenses in this law in the following situation:
• Offense committed inside Kingdom of Cambodia or
• Offense committed inside or outside Kingdom of Cambodia and effect to legal
and natural person or interest of Kingdom of Cambodia.
Article 4: Terms and Definition
The technical terms in this law are as follow:
1. “computer system” means any device or assembly of interconnected devices
or that are in an operational relation, out of which one or more provide the automatic
data processing by means of a computer program.
2. “automatic data processing” is the process by means of which the data in a
computer system are processed by means of a computer program.
3. "Computer Program" means a sum of instructions expressed in letters, or
codes, or illustrations, or in any other possible forms, once incorporated in a computer,
which has its aim to accomplish a task or particular result by means of a computer or
through an electronic procedure capable of information processing.
4. “computer data” are any representations of facts, information or concepts in
a form that can be processed by a computer system. This category includes any
computer program that can cause a computer system to perform a function.
5. “Content” refers to electronic form including text, images, graphics,
animation, symbols, voices, and video.
6. Serivce providers refer to:
1. any natural or legal person offering the users the possibility to
communicate by means of a computer system;
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