An Analysis of the Legal Regime Under the Computer Misuse Act in Relation to Cyber and Computer Law in Uganda

MUKASA FAHADI 77 PAGES (25284 WORDS) Law Dissertation

CHAPTER ONE

REPROPOSAL FOR THE RESEARCH TOPIC

1.0 Introduction:

The Computer Misuse Act of 20 II was enacted with the intent of providing safety and security of computer (information systems) and electronic transactions. The act in relation to its main purposes of protecting and safeguarding information and other transactions on electronic devices handles crimes of nature not tackled under the Penal Code act Cap 120 by virtue of its enactment in the I 950's. Under the act an electronic device may in other words mean a computer as it is define in the act 1 means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other data processing device 1>r a group of such interconnected or related devices, performing logical, arithmetic or storage functions: and includes any data storage facility or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with such a device or group of such interconnected or related devices