Computer Misuse and
[No. 13 of 2004
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Crimes
GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 13 of 2004
Date ofAssent: 2nd September, 2004
An Act to prohibit any unauthorised access, use or interference
with a computer; to protect the integrity of computer systems
and the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data; to
prevent abuse of computer systems; to facilitate the gathering
and use of electronic evidence; and to provide for matters
connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
[8th September, 2004
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia.
Enactment
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PRELIMINARY
1. This Act may be cited as the Computer Misuse and Crimes
Act, 2004, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister
may, by statutory instrument, appoint.
2.
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires —
" computer " means an electronic, optical, electrochemical or a
magnetic, or other data processing device, or a group of such
interconnected or related devices, performing logical,
arithmetic, or storage functions, and includes any data storage
facility or communications facility directly related to or
operating in conjunction with such device or group of such
interconnection or related devices, or such other equipment
or device as the Minister may, by statutory instrument
prescribe, taking into consideration developments in
technology, but does not include —
(a) an automated typewriter or typesetter;
(b) a portable hand held calculator; or
(c ) a similar device which is non-programmable or which
does not contain any data storage facility;
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