15 L.R.O. 2005 Computer Misuse CAP. 124B ss.16-17 16. (1) A police officer executing a warrant in accordance with section 15 is entitled to require a person who is in possession or control of a computer data storage medium or computer system that is the subject of the search to assist him or an authorised person to Assisting a police officer. (a) access and use a computer system or computer data storage medium to search any computer data available to or in the system; (b) obtain and copy computer data referred to in paragraph (a); (c) use equipment to make copies; (d) obtain access to decryption information necessary to decrypt computer data required for the purpose of investigating the commission of the offence; and (e) obtain an intelligible output from a computer system in a plain text format that can be read by a person. (2) A person who fails without lawful excuse or justification to assist a police officer in accordance with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $15 000 or to imprisonment for a term of 18 months or to both. (3) For the purposes of this section, "decryption information" means information or technology that enables a person to readily transform an encrypted programme or data from its unreadable and incomprehensible format to its plain text version. 17. (1) Where a computer system or computer data has been removed or rendered inaccessible to the owner or person who has control of the system following a search or a seizure under section 15, the person who made the search shall, at the time of the search or as soon as practicable after the search, (a) make a list of what has been seized or rendered inaccessible, with the date and time of seizure; and THE LAWS OF BARBADOS Printed by the Government Printer, Bay Street, St. Michael by the authority of the Government of Barbados Record of seized data to be provided to owner.