Cybercrimes Act
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reasonable grounds to suspect or believe that a computer system(a) may be used as evidence in proving an offence; or
(b) is acquired by any person as a result of an offence,
issue an order authorizing a law enforcement officer to:
(i)
enter into any premise and search or seize a device or
computer system;
(ii)
secure the computer data accessed; or
(iii)
extend the search or similar accessing to another system
where a law enforcement officer conducting a search has
grounds to believe that the data sought is stored in
another computer system or part of it.
(2) The search under this section shall be conducted in accordance
with the relevant laws regulating the conduct of search and seizure.
(3) Where a device or computer system is removed or rendered
inaccessible following a search or a seizure, the law enforcement officer
shall, at the time of the search or as soon as practicable after the search(a) prepare a list of items seized or rendered inaccessibleand time of
seizure; and
(b) issue a copy of that list to the person having control of the
computer system.
(4) A person having custody or control of the computer system may
request from a law enforcement officer a permission to access or copy
computer data on the system after seizure.
(5) Without prejudice to subsection (4), the law enforcement officer
may refuse to give access or provide a copy the information if he has
reasonable grounds to believe that giving the access or providing the copy(a) would constitute an offence; or
(b) would prejudice (i)
investigation in connection with the search;
(ii)
another ongoing investigation; or
(iii) any criminal proceedings that are pending or that may
be instituted in relation to any investigation.
(6) In this section “premise” includes land, buildings, vessel or
aircraft.
Disclosure
of data
32.-(1) Where the disclosure of data is required for the purposes of a
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