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Section 62 Misuse of property of another

(1) A person who, having lawful possession of property belonging to another person, or having access thereto, uses such property in a way in which he or she has no reason to believe the owner would consent, commits an offence.

(2) A person who either lawfully or unlawfully gains access to a computer or electronic storage device owned by another, commits an offence if he or she -

(a) extracts from the computer or electronic storage device information which he or she has no reasonable cause to believe the owner of the computer or storage device would allow him or her to extract; or

(a) not having the consent of the owner of the computer or storage device, and having no reasonable grounds to be­lieve that such consent would be given, he or she inter­feres with such computer or storage device or informa­tion contained therein, with the intention of securing an advantage for himself or herself or causing damage to the electronic data or programmes.