Computer Crime Act, No. 24 of 2007 1 [Certified on 09th July 2007] L. D.—O. 72/2000 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF COMPUTER CRIME AND TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION OF SUCH CRIMES ; AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND INCIDENTAL THERETO. BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :1. This Act may be cited as the Computer Crime Act, No.24 of 2007 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may by Order published in the Gazette appoint (hereinafter referred to as the “appointed date”). 2. (1) The provisions of this Act shall apply where— (a) a person commits an offence under this Act while being present in Sri Lanka or outside Sri Lanka ; (b) the computer, computer system or information affected or which was to be affected, by the act which constitutes an offence under this Act, was at the material time in Sri Lanka or outside Sri Lanka ; (c) the facility or service, including any computer storage, or data or information processing service, used in the commission of an offence under this Act was at the material time situated in Sri Lanka or outside Sri Lanka ; or (d) the loss or damage is caused within or outside Sri Lanka by the commission of an offence under this Act, to the State or to a person resident in Sri Lanka or outside Sri Lanka. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) “person” includes a body of persons corporate or unincorporate. Short title. Application of this Act.