Art. 310E Interpretation. — CRIMINAL CODE

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.

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