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from the Canadian Criminal Code ...
342.1 (1) Every one who, fraudulently and without color of right,
(a) obtains, directly or indirectly, any computer service,
(b) by means of an electro-magnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other
device, intercepts or causes to be intercepted, directly or indirectly,
any function of a computer service, or
(c) uses or causes to be used, directly or indirectly, a computer system
with intent to commit an offense under paragraph (a) or (b) or an
offense under section 430 in relation to data or a computer system
is guilty of an indictable offense and liable to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding ten years, or is guilty or an offense punishable on summary
conviction.
(2) In this section,
"computer program" means data representing instructions or statements that,
when executed in a computer system, causes the computer system to perform
a function;
"computer service" includes data processing and the storage or retrieval
of data;
"computer system" means a device that, or a group of interconnected
or related devices one or more of which,
(a) contains computer programs or other data, and
(b) pursuant to computer programs,
(i) performs logic and control, and
(ii) may perform any other function;
"data" means representations of information or of concepts that are being
prepared or have been prepared in a form suitable for use in a computer
system;
"electro-magnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device" means any device
or apparatus that is used or is capable of being used to intercept any
function of a computer system, but does not include a hearing aid used to
correct subnormal hearing of the user to not better than normal hearing.