Computer Misuse Act, 2011 Uganda Uganda Computer Misuse Act, 2011 Act 2 of 2011 Published in Uganda Gazette no. 10 on 14 February 2011 Assented to on 1 November 2010 Commenced on 15 April 2011 by Statutory Instrument of 2011 [This is the version of this document from 14 February 2011.] An Act to make provision for the safety and security of electronic transactions and information systems; to prevent unlawful access, abuse or misuse of information systems including computers and to make provision for securing the conduct of electronic transactions in a trustworthy electronic environment and to provide for other related matters. BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows: Part I – Preliminary 1. Commencement This Act shall come into force on a date appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument 2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "access" means gaining entry to any electronic system or data held in an electronic system or causing the electronic system to perform any function to achieve that objective; "application" means a set of instructions that, when executed in a computer system, causes a computer system to perform a function and includes such a set of instructions held in any removable storage medium which is for the time being in a computer system; "authorised officer" has the meaning assigned to it in section 28; "child" means a person under the age of eighteen years; "computer" means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other data processing device or a group of such interconnected or related devices, performing logical, arithmetic or storage functions; and includes any data storage facility or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with such a device or group of such interconnected or related devices; "computer output" or "output" means a statement, information or representation, whether in written, printed, pictorial, graphical or other form— (a) produced by a computer; or (b) accurately translated from a statement or representation so produced from a computer; "computer service" includes computer time, data processing and the storage retrieval of data; "content" includes components of computer hardware and software; "currency point" means the value of a currency point specified in the Schedule; By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 1