13 L.R.O. 2005 Computer Misuse CAP. 124B s.15 communicated, he is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10 000 or to imprisonment for a term of 12 months or to both. PART III INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT 15. (1) Where a magistrate is satisfied, on information on oath given by a police officer, that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been or is about to be committed in any place and that evidence that such an offence has been or is about to be committed is in that place, the magistrate may issue a warrant authorising any police officer to enter and search that place, including any computer, using such reasonable force as is necessary. (2) A warrant issued under this section may authorise a police officer to (a) seize any computer, data, programme, information, document or thing if he reasonably believes that it is evidence that an offence under this Act has been or is about to be committed; (b) inspect and check the operation of any computer referred to in paragraph (a); (c) use or cause to be used any computer referred to in paragraph (a) to search any programme or data held in or available to such computer; (d) have access to any information, code or technology which has the capability of transforming or converting an encrypted programme or data held in or available to the computer into readable and comprehensible format or text, for the purpose of investigating any offence under this Act; THE LAWS OF BARBADOS Printed by the Government Printer, Bay Street, St. Michael by the authority of the Government of Barbados Search and seizure.

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