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“PART VIIIA
APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO ACT
“80B
Interpretation in Part VIIIA
In this Part—
“access”, means gaining entry into, instructing or communicating with the logical,
arithmetical or memory function resources of a computer, computer system or
computer network;
“affixing a digital signature”, in relation to an electronic record or communication,
means authenticating the electronic record or communication by means of a digital
signature;
“computer” means any electronic, magnetic, optical or other high speed data processing
device or system which performs logical, arithmetic and memory functions by
manipulation of electronic, magnetic or optical impulses and includes all input,
output, processing, storage, computer software or communication facilities which
are connected or related to the computer in a computer system or a computer
network;
“computer network” means the interconnection of one or more computers through—
(a) the use of satellite, microwave, terrestrial line or other communication
media; and
(b) terminals or a complex consisting of two or more interconnected
computers whether or not the interconnection is continuously maintained;
“computer system”, means a device or collection of devices, including input and output
devices capable of being used with external files, which contain computer
programmes, electronic instructions, and input and output data, that performs logic,
arithmetical, data storage and retrieval, communication control and other functions;
“digital signature” means an electronic signature created by computer that is intended
by the registered user using it and by the Commissioner accepting it to have the
same effect as a manual signature, and which complies with the requirements for
acceptance as a digital signature specified in section 80G(1);
“electronic data” means any information, knowledge, fact, concept or instruction stored
internally in the memory of the computer or represented in any form (including
computer printouts, magnetic optical storage media, punched cards or punched
tapes) that is being or has been prepared in a formalised manner and is intended to
be or is being or has been processed in a computer system or network;
“electronic record or communication” means electronic data that is recorded, received
or sent in an electronic form or in microfilm or computer-generated microfiche;