Computer Crimes
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program or data held in a computer if, by causing a computer to
perform any function, he—
(a) alters or erases the program or data;
(b) copies or moves it to any storage medium other than that in
which it is held or to a different location in the storage
medium in which it is held;
(c) uses it; or
(d) causes it to be output from the computer in which it is held
whether by having it displayed or in any other manner,
and references to access to a program or data and to an intent to
secure such access shall be construed accordingly.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) (c), a person uses a program
if the function he causes the computer to perform—
(a) causes the program to be executed; or
(b) is itself a function of the program.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2) (d), the form in which any
program or data is output and in particular whether or not it
represents a form in which, in the case of a program, it is capable of
being executed or, in the case of data, it is capable of being
processed by a computer is immaterial.
(5) For the purposes of this Act, access of any kind by any person
to any program or data held in a computer is unauthorized if—
(a) he is not himself entitled to control access of the kind in
question to the program or data; and
(b) he does not have the consent or exceeds any right or consent
to access by him of the kind in question to the program or
data from any person who is so entitled.
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