VOLUME: II CYBERCRIME AND COMPUTER RELATED CRIMES Part ID: I Preliminary (ss 1-3) CHAPTER: 08:06 An Act to combat cybercrime and computer related crimes, to repress criminal activities perpetrated through c [Date ofcommencement: 28th December, 2007] ARRANGEMENTOF SECTIONSSECTIONPARTI 1. Preliminary 2. Short title 3. [Ch0806s1]1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cybercrime and Computer Related Crimes Act. [Ch0806s2]2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires"access" means, in relation to any computer or computer system, instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of any of the resources of the computer or computer system; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police appointed by the President in terms of section 112 of the Constitution; "computer data storage medium" means any device or material from which data is capable of being stored or reproduced, with or without the aid of any other device or material; "computer service" includes data processing or the storage or retrieval of data; "computer or computer system" means an electronic, magnetic or optical device or a group of interconnected or related devices, including the Internet, one or more of which, pursuant to a programme, performs automatic processing of data or any other function; "data" means(a) any representation of facts, information or concepts in a form suitable for processing in a computer or computer system; (b) any information recorded in a form in which it can be processed by equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose; or (c) a programme suitable to cause a computer or computer system to perform a function; "Director" means the Director of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime appointed by the President in terms of section 4 of the Corruption and Economic Crime Act Cap. 08:05 or any person who may be appointed by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette;