-9The Statutory Framework 18. The process of statutory construction begins with the text to be construed, identification of the relevant constructional choices it presents, a predisposition to choose an ordinary meaning, and a choice always informed by context and purpose. The statutory text in this case is s 161(1)(c) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200), the provision under which the respondents were charged. Its immediate context is the section read as a whole and its location in the Ordinance. 19. The section appears as the last substantive offence-creating provision in the last part of the Ordinance, Part XIII entitled “Miscellaneous Offences”. There are only two offence-creating sections, namely s 160 which covers “loitering” and s 161 entitled “Access to computer with criminal or dishonest intent”. Section 161 provides: ���Access to computer with criminal or dishonest intent (1) Any person who obtains access to a computer— (a) with intent to commit an offence; (b) with a dishonest intent to deceive; (c) with a view to dishonest gain for himself or another; or (d) with a dishonest intent to cause loss to another, whether on the same occasion as he obtains such access or on any future occasion, commits an offence and is liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) gain (獲益) and loss (損失) are to be construed as extending not only to gain or loss in money or other property, but as extending to any such gain or loss whether temporary or permanent; and—

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