In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful The Informatic Offences ( Combating) Act, 2007 Be it hereby approved, by the National Assembly, and signed, by the President of the Republic, in accordance with the Provision of the Interim Constitution of the Republic of the Sudan, 2005 the following Act :- Chapter I Preliminary Provisions Title and commencement 1. This Act may be cited as the, “Informatic Offences (Combating) Act, 2007”, and shall come into force, as of the date of signature . Application 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to any of the offences, provided therefor therein, where they have totally, or partially been committed inside, or outside the Sudan, and whether the offender is the actual one, joint or abetter. Interpretation 3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, :“Data”, mean every thing as may be saved, processed, generated, produced and transferred by a computer, such as digits, letters, signs and otherwise; “Informatic network”, means the linkage between more than one informatic system, to obtain and exchange information;