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 162 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; - 92 -

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