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Provided that the authorized officer shall immediatcly bul not latcr than twcnty-
four hours bring to the n,rtice of the Court, the fact of acquisition of such data and the
Court on reccipt of such information may pass such orders as decmcd appropriate in the
circrunstances
of lhe
casr: including issuance
of warants for retention of such data or
otherwisc.
(2)
Thc period provid:d in sub-section
(l)
for pr€servatioo of data may be extended
by the Court if so deemcd nccessify upon receipt ofan application from the authorized officer in
this behali
29.
Relention of tralfic da(r.-
(l) A servicc providcr
shall, within its €xisting or required
technical capability, retain its sp:cified traffic data for a minimum period of one year or such
period as the Authority may notrfu from time to time and, subject to production of a wanant
issued by the court, provide thal data to the investigalion agency
or the aulhorized oflicer
whenever so required.
(:2)
The scrvice providers shall retain the traffic data undq sub-section (1) by
ftlfilling all the requiremcnts of data retention and its originality as provided under sections 5
and 6 ofthe ElcctroDic 'fransactions Ordinance, 2002 (LI of2002).
(3)
Any owner of thc information system who is not a liccnsee of th€ Authority and
violates sub-section (1) shall be 3uilty of ar offcncc punishable, if committed for the first time,
with fine which may extend to tcn million nrpees turd upon any subsequent conviction shall be
punishable with imprisonment which may cxtend to six months or with fine or with both:
Provided that where the vrolation is committed by a licensce of the Authority, thc same
slrall bc deemed to be a violation ofthe terms and conditions ofthe liccnsce and shall be treated
as such
undei thc Pakistan Telecornmunication (Re-organization) Act, 1996 (XVII of 1996).
30,
Waratrt for search or s,:izure.- (l) Upon an application by an authorizcd officcr that
demonstrates to the sati$faction of tle Court that there exist rcasonable Srounds to believe that
there may be ir a specified placc an information systcm, data, devicc or other articlcs that(a)
may reasonably be required for the purposc of a criminal investigatio[ or oriminal
proceedings
whicl may be matcrial:r"s
evidence
idcntified offence l1rade out undcr this Act; or
in proving a
specifically