Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007
manufacture a Part I scheduled drug or carry on any process in the manufacture of a Part I
scheduled drug.
(6) Subject to subsection (7), any person to whom a Part I scheduled drug has been
supplied in accordance with a prescription by a medical practitioner, dental practitioner or
veterinary surgeon shall be regarded as a person lawfully in possession of that drug.
(7) A person who is lawfully supplied with a Part I scheduled drug by, or on a prescription
given by, a medical practitioner shall not be treated as a person lawfully in possession of that
drug if, at the time when he or she is so supplied, he or she is also being supplied with a Part I
scheduled drug by or on a prescription given by another medical practitioner, and did not
disclose that fact to the first-mentioned medical practitioner.
CHAPTER VIII
COMPUTER-RELATED CRIMES
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Interpretation in Chapter VIII
(1) In this Chapter—
“computer” means a device or apparatus or series of devices which, by electronic,
electromagnetic, electro-mechanical or other means, is capable of one or more of the
following⎯
(a) receiving or absorbing data and instructions supplied to it;
(b) processing data according to rules or instructions;
(c) storing and additionally, or alternatively, reproducing data before or after
processing the data;
and includes⎯
(i) the devices or apparatus or series of devices commonly known as automatic
telling machines, electronic cash registers and point-of-sale tills; and
(ii) any other device or apparatus used for the electronic processing of monetary
transactions;
“computer virus” means any set of computer instructions that are, or any data, programme
or system that is, designed directly or indirectly to⎯
(a) destroy or alter; or
(b) render meaningless, useless or ineffective; or
(c) obstruct, intercept, divert, interrupt or interfere with the use of;
any computer or 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; or
(b) computer terminals, or a complex consisting of two or more interconnected
computers, whether or not the interconnection is continuously maintained;
“credit or debit card” means a card, disc, plate or token which, directly or indirectly, causes
a computer to function;
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