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Electronic Transactions Act · 2008 Revised Edition · Part XII · General
Electronic Transactions Act · 2008 Revised Edition · Part XII · General
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Except for the purposes of this Act or for any prosecution for an offence under any written law or pursuant to any order of court, no person who has, pursuant to any powers conferred under this Part, obtained access to any electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material shall disclose such electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material to any other person.
electronic record
“electronic record” means a record generated, communicated, received or stored by electronic, magnetic, optical or other means in an information system or for transmission from one information system to another;
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
Electronic Transactions 36 2008 Ed.
electronic record
“electronic record” means a record generated, communicated, received or stored by electronic, magnetic, optical or other means in an information system or for transmission from one information system to another;
information
“information” includes data, text, images, sound, codes, computer programs, software and databases;