No. 33
Electronic Transactions
accountability and to principles by which the Authority is guided.
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(3) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed as a cyber
inspector if he__
(a) is a Member of Parliament;
(b) is a Minister or Deputy Minister; or
(c) is a member of a committee of a political party.
(4) The Authority shall provide any person appointed as a cyber
inspector with a certificate of appointment.
(5) The certificate of appointment referred to in subsection (4)
may be accompanied by a digital signature of the Authority.
(6) A cyber inspector shall, in performing any function under this
Act__
(a) be in possession of the certificate of appointment referred
to in subsection (4); and
(b) upon request by a person who is subject to investigations
or an employee of that person, show the certificate of appointment to that person.
70.__(1) A cyber inspector shall have the following powers and
functions__
(a) to monitor and inspect any website database with critical
data or activity on an information system in the public domain
and report any unlawful activity to the Authority;
(b) in respect of suppliers of encryption and encryption service
providers__
(i) to investigate the activities of suppliers of encryption and
of encryption service providers in relation to compliance with
this Act; and
(ii) to issue orders in writing to suppliers of encryption and
encryption service providers to comply with the provisions of
this Act;
(c) in the performance of his functions, at any reasonable time,
without prior notice, and under the authority of a search warrant
issued by a court, to enter any premises or access any information
system and__
(i) search the premises or the information system;
(ii) search any person on the premises if there are reasonable
grounds to believe that the person has possession of a
document, record or any element that is connected to an
investigation;
Powers and
functions of
a cyber
inspector