Crimes Ordinance
Part VIII
8-4
Section 60
Cap. 200
owner, notwithstanding that the misuse may not impair
the operation of the computer or a program held in the
computer or the reliability of data held in the computer;
(b) to alter or erase any program or data held in a computer
or in a computer storage medium;
(c) to add any program or data to the contents of a computer
or of a computer storage medium,
and any act which contributes towards causing the misuse of
a kind referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) shall be regarded
as causing it. (Added 23 of 1993 s. 3)
(2) Property shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as
belonging to any person—
(a) having the custody or control of it;
(b) having in it any proprietary right or interest (not being
an equitable interest arising only from an agreement to
transfer or grant an interest); or
(c) having a charge on it.
(3) Where property is subject to a trust, the persons to whom it
belongs shall be so treated as including any person having a
right to enforce the trust.
(4) Property of a corporation sole shall be so treated as
belonging to the corporation notwithstanding a vacancy in the
corporation.
(Added 48 of 1972 s. 3)
[cf. 1971 c. 48 s. 10 U.K.]
60.
Destroying or damaging property
(1) A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any
property belonging to another intending to destroy or damage
any such property or being reckless as to whether any such
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