Hong Kong Ordinances

CRIMES ORDINANCE - SECT 161

Access to computer with criminal or dishonest intent

(1) Any person who obtains access to a computer-

   (a)  with intent to commit an offence;

   (b)  with a dishonest intent to deceive;

   (c)  with a view to dishonest gain for himself or another; or

   (d)  with a dishonest intent to cause loss to another, whether on the same
        occasion as he obtains such access or on any future occasion, commits
        an offence and is liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment
        for 5 years.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) "gain" (獲益) and "loss" (損失) are
to be construed as extending not only to gain or loss in money or other
property, but as extending to any such gain or loss whether temporary or
permanent; and-

        (a)	"gain" (獲益) includes a gain by keeping what one has, as well as 
a gain by getting what one has not; and

        (b)	"loss" (損失) includes a loss by not getting what one might get, 
as well as a loss by parting with what one has. (Added 23 of 1993 s. 5)

"gain" (獲益) and "loss" (損失)