THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE [Lecat Supplement]
A.D. 2018]
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A
13™ AUGUST, 2018
CYBERCRIME ACT 2018
[No. 16
represents instructions or statements that, when executed
in a computer
system,
can cause the computer
system to
perform a function;
“computer system” —
(a)
means a device or group of interconnected or related
devices,
which
follows
a computer
programme
or
external instruction to perform automatic processing
of electronic data; and
(b)
includes, but is not limited to, a desktop computer, a
laptop
computer,
a
netbook
computer, a video game
computer,
a_
tablet
console, internet connected
devices, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant, a
smart television or a video camera;
“electronic data”(a) means any digital representation of—
(i)
facts;
(11)
concepts;
(iii) machine-readable code or instructions; or
(iv) information, including text, audio, image or
video,
that is in a form suitable for processing in a computer
system
and is capable
of being
sent, received
or
stored; and
(b)
includes traffic data or a computer programme;
“electronic data storage medium” means anything —
(a)
in which electronic data is capable of being stored; or
(b)
from
which
electronic
data
is
capable
of
being
includes
logic,
retrieved or reproduced,
with or without the aid of a computer system;
“function”
in relation
control,
to a computer
arithmetic,
deletion,
system
storage
or
retrieval,
and