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Laws of Malaysia
ACT 563
(6) A reference in this Act to any program or data held in a
computer includes a reference to any program or data held in any
removable storage medium which is for the time being in the
computer.
(7) For the purposes of this Act, a modification of the contents of
any computer takes place if, by the operation of any function of the
computer concerned or any other computer—
(a) any program or data held in the computer concerned is
altered or erased;
(b) any program or data is introduced or added to its contents;
or
(c) any event occurs which impairs the normal operation of any
computer,
and any act that contributes towards causing such a modification shall
be regarded as causing it.
(8)
if—
Any modification referred to in subsection (7) is unauthorized
(a) the person whose act causes it is not himself entitled to
determine whether the modification should be made; and
(b) he does not have consent to the modification from any
person who is so entitled.
(9) A reference in this Act to a program includes a reference to
part of a program.
(10) A reference in this Act to a computer includes a reference to a
computer network.
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