Article 374

A person who intentionally:

obtains, directly or indirectly, any unauthorized computer service;

by means of an electro-magnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device, intercepts or causes to be intercepted, directly or indirectly, any function of a computer system;

alters or destroys data in a computer, renders data meaningless, useless or ineffective, obstructs, interrupts or interferes with the lawful use of data; or

permits another person to have access to a computer password that would enable a person to commit an offence under paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), or obstructs, interrupts or interferes with any person in the lawful use of data or denies access to data to any person who is entitled to such access,

For purposes of this Article:

“computer password” means any data by which a computer service or computer system is capable of being obtained or used;

“computer program” means data representing instructions or statements that, when executed in a computer system, causes the computer system to perform a function;

“computer service” means data processing and the storage or retrieval of data;

“computer system” means a device that, or a group of inter-connected or related devices one or more of which:

contains computer programs or other data, and

pursuant to computer programs, performs logic and control and may perform any other function;

“data” means representation of information or of concepts that are being prepared or have been prepared in a form suitable for use in a computer system; and

“electro-magnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device” means any device that is used or capable of being used to intercept any function of a computer system.