Cap. 9 Art. 310EInterpretation.

For the purposes of this sub-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;

(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 guaranteed by a central bank or a public authority, is not necessarily attached to a legally established currency and does not possess a legal status of a currency or money, but is accepted by natural or legal persons as a means of exchange, and which may be transferred, stored and traded electronically;

(e) "information system" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in sub-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 law, excluding States or public bodies in the exercise of state authority and public international organisations.