t3 IaS'I l/ CHAPTER III ABLlstlIVDN*T OP INVDSTTGATION ACI|.NCY AND PROCEDURAL POWERS FOR INVI'STIGAT'ION Esteblishment of invcstigatioo agency.,(l) 'lhe tcderal Covernment may establish or tlesigr;rte a lau,cn[orcenlent agcncy as the invcstigation agency lor thc puposes oIinvestigation 26. ofof{'cnces under this Act. (2) author llnless othcr-\^'ise provided for under this Act, the investigation agency and thc izcd officer shall in all ma(ters follow the procedure laid dorvn in the Codc to the exlent that it is Dot inconsislent with any provision ofthis Act. 'fhe investigalion agencl shall establish its own capacity for forensic analysis of the data or inforrnation systctDs and the lorensic analysis repoils geneFt€d by the investigation agcncy shall nol bc inad,nissiblc in evidence before any court for the sole rcason that such repurl. wcrc gcncr,ltcJ b) rhc invcstrgation dgency. (3) (4) rulcs lor Notwithslaoding provisions ofany other law, thc Fedcral Govemment shall make alpointmcnt and promotion in the invcstigation agency including undertaking of spcci.lized coumcs in digil{l forensics, information technology, compurer science and other relate I matters for trainilrg ol the ofliccrs and staffof rhe investigatio agency. 21. I'ow(:r to investigatc - Only an autho zed officcr of thc invcstigation agcncy shall havc thc p( wcrs to invcstigate an oflince under this Act: Provided that the Federal Govemment or the Prori:rcial Governmcnt may: as the case may be, constitute one or morejoint investigation teains comp'rsing of an authoiized officcr of the invcstigation agcncy and any other law enforccmenl agcDcy for irlvcstigation of im offence under this Act and any othcr law for thc time being in force. 28. ll)rprdit.d preservrtiotr arld acquisition of de{a.- (l) IIan authorised officer is satisfied that- (a) specific data stored in any information system or by means of an informatiorl syslem is reasonably required for the purposcs of a criminal investigation; and (h) thcre is a risk or vulnerability that the data rnay be modified, lost, destroyed or Iendercd i naccessible, lhc aulholiz.d olliccr may. by Britten flotice given to the person in conhol of the ilformation systcrn. rcquire thal pc6on to providc that data or to ensure that the data spccified in the notice be pr,:scrved and thc integrity thereof is maintained for a pertrd nol excceding ninety days as speciJicd in lhc noticc::