(7) Where obligations have been imposed on a service provider under subsection (1), the
steps which are reasonably practicable for the service provider to take include every step which
would have been reasonably practicable for the service provider to take if it had complied with
its obligations.
(8) A service provider who contravenes a warrant issued under this section commits an
offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000.
PART 6––INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
General principles relating to international cooperation
25. ––(1) The Government may cooperate with any foreign government, 24/7 network,
foreign agency or international agency for the purposes of investigations or proceedings
concerning offences related to computer systems, electronic communication or data or for the
collection of evidence in electronic form of an offence or obtaining expeditious preservation
and disclosure of traffic data or data by means of a computer system or real-time collection of
traffic data associated with specified communications or interception of content data or any
other means, power, function or provisions under this Act.
(2) Subject to the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1997, the Government may–
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(a) make requests on behalf of Fiji to a foreign State for mutual assistance in any
investigation commenced or proceeding instituted in Fiji, relating to any serious
offence.
(b) in respect of any request from a foreign State for mutual assistance in any
investigation commenced or proceeding instituted in that State relating to a serious
offence––
grant the request, in whole or in part, on such terms and conditions as the
Government thinks fit;
(ii) refuse the request, in whole or in part, on the ground that to grant the request
would be likely to prejudice the sovereignty, security of Fiji or would
otherwise be against the public interest;
(iii) after consulting with the appropriate authority of the foreign State, postpone
the request, in whole or in part on the ground that granting the request
immediately would be likely to prejudice the conduct of an investigation or
proceeding in Fiji; or
(iv) postpone action on a request if such action would prejudice an investigation
or proceeding in Fiji.
(i)
Extradition
26. The offences under Parts 2 to 4 are considered extraditable offences under the
Extradition Act 2003.
Spontaneous information
27. ––(1) The Government may, without prior request, forward to a foreign State
information obtained within the framework of its own investigations when it considers that the
disclosure of such information might assist the foreign State in initiating or carrying out
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