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In many cases, although no explicit reference
to the cyber environment is made, the relevant
legislation may be interpreted to cover both the
physical and the virtual worlds. For example,
the provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy)
Ordinance are equally applicable to the cyber
environment as the physical environment.
Many other legislative provisions refer to "computer"
or similar terms. Some examples are set out below.
Other Related Ordinances
Table showing related other related ordinance
| Law |
Provisions |
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S.
20, Evidence Ordinance
(Cap. 8)
S.
22A, Cap. 8
S.
54, Cap. 8
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making copy of entry in banker's record
kept by means of a computer acceptable as
evidence
making documentary evidence from computer
records acceptable in criminal proceedings
including computer generated records within
the meaning of "records"
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S.
2, Securities (Insider Dealing) Ordinance
(Cap. 395)
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including in the definition
of "document" any form of computer
input and output |
S.
2, Land Survey Ordinance
(Cap. 473) |
including in the definition
of "field note" a print-out from
an electronic data recorder |
S.
10, Protection of Non-Government Certificates
of Origin Ordinance
(Cap. 324) |
empowering an authorised
officer to demand any information contained
in a computer to be produced in a form which
can be taken away and which is either visible
or legible |
S.
83, Securities Ordinance
(Cap. 333) |
creating an offence for
any person who wilfully stores false material
particulars or falsifies any entry or destroys
records in an electronic device |
S.
13B, Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance
(Cap. 371) |
prohibiting the placing
of tobacco advertisements on the Internet
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S.3,
Prevention of Child Pornography Ordinance
(Cap. 579) |
Creating offences for
the printing, making, producing, reproducing,
copying, importing, exporting, publishing,
possessing and advertising of child pornography
(child pornography includes computer-generated
image or visual depiction made or generated
by electronic means, etc.) |
Source: Inter-departmental
Working Group on Computer Related Crime Report
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