Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 310E

310E. For the purposes of this s ub-title, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "non-cash payment instrument" means a non- corporeal or corporeal protected device, object or record, or a combination thereof, other than legal tender, and which, alone or in conjunction with a procedure or a set of procedures, enables the holder or user to transfer money or monetary value, including through digital means of exchange; (b) "protected device, object or record" means a device, object or record safeguarded against imitation or fraudulent use, for example through design, coding or signature; Cap. 376 (c) "digital means of exchange" means any electronic money as defined in article 2 of the Financial Institutions Act or virtual currency; (d) "virtual currency" means a digital representation of value that is not issued or g uaranteed by a central bank or a public authority, is not necessarily attached to a legally established currency and does n o t p o s s e s s a l e g a l s t a t u s o f a currency or money, but is accepted by natural or legal persons as a means of exchange, and whic h may be transferred, stored and traded electronically; (e) "information system" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in s ub-article (1) of article 337B ; (f) "computer data" shall have the same meaning as as is assigned to it in sub- article (1) of article 337B; (g) "legal person" means an entity having legal personality under the applicable l aw, excluding States or publi c bodies in the exercise of state authority and public internatio nal organisations. Fraudulent use of non-cash payment instruments and information systems. Added by: LIII.2021.2.