40. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

“betting operator” means any company or undertaking that promotes, brokers, arranges or conducts any form of betting activity in relation to any sport or sporting event and includes any director, partner, officer, employee, servant and agent of such company or undertaking;

“Board of Management” means the body which is in charge of the management and administration of the affairs of any National

Association of Sports;

“child” means a male or a female under the age of eighteen;

“Code of Criminal Procedure Act” means the Code of

Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979;

“Commissioner-General of Inland Revenue” means the Commissioner-General of Inland

Revenue appointed under section 97 of the Inland Revenue Act, No. 24 of 2017;

“Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption” means the Commission to

Investigate Allegations of Bribery or

Corruption established by section 2 of the

Commission to Investigate Allegations of

Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994;

“computer system” means a computer or group of inter-connected computers, including the internet;

“Controller of Immigration and Emigration” means the Controller of Immigration and

Emigration appointed under section 4 of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act (Chapter 351);

“Director of Sports” means the Director of Sports appointed under section 3 of the Sports

Law, No. 25 of 1973;

“device” includes an electronic device;

“document” includes an electronic record;

“electronic device” means any device used for communication or for processing or transmission of information or data;

“electronic means” includes e-mail, fax, short message service (sms), fixed telephone, mobile phone and any online method;

“electronic record” means information, record or data generated, stored, received or sent in an electronic form or microfilm, or by any other similar means;

“information” includes data, text, images, sound, codes, database or microfilm;

Prevention of Offences relating to Sports

“Minister” means the Minister assigned the subject of Sports under Article 43 or 44 of the

Constitution;

“National Association of Sports” means any National

Association of Sports established in terms of the Sports Law, No. 25 of 1973;

“person connected to a sport” means-

any member or an employee of the

any person who is a member or an employee of any National Association of Sports;

any person or body of persons being an affiliated member, club, team, association or league of any National

any player who participates in any sport, sporting event, international game, tournament or championship organized, held, convened or authorized by any National

in the case of a minor player who is a member of any National Association of Sports, such player’s parents, guardians or agents; and

any person who is an official, selector, sports manager, committee member, coach, trainer, masseur, physiotherapist, medical official, paramedic, umpire, match adjudicator, match referee, curator, member of support staff, venue staff or ground staff, sports associate and a sponsor associated with any sport or sporting event;

a public or private entity which provides the ability for its subscribers to communicate by means of a computer system or electronic system or by any other means; and

any other entity that processes or stores computer data or information on behalf of that entity or its customers;

that relates to the attributes of a communication by means of a computer system;

which is generated by a computer system that is part of a service provider; and

which shows communications origin, destination, route, time, data, size, duration or details of subscriber information.