that data.
(2)
In the execution of a warrant under subsection (1), the powers of the
police officer shall include the power to–
(a) access, inspect and check the operation of an electronic system;
(b) use or cause to be used an electronic system to search any data
contained in or available to the electronic system;
(c) access any information, code or technology which has the
capability of transforming or unscrambling encrypted data
contained or available to an electronic system into readable and
comprehensible format or text for the purpose of investigating
any offence under this Act or any other offence which is
disclosed in the course of the lawful exercise of the powers
under this section;
(d) require a person in possession of the decryption information to
grant the police officer access to such decryption information
necessary to decrypt data required for required for the purpose
of investigating the offence;
(e) seize or secure an electronic system.
(3)
A person shall not knowingly or without lawful excuse or justification –
(a) obstruct a police officer in the exercise of the police officer’s
powers under this section; or
(b) fail to comply with a request made by a police officer under this
section.
(4)
A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits a summary offence
and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand
dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both.
(5)
For the purposes of this section–
“decryption information” means information or technology that enables a
person to readily re-transform or unscramble encrypted data from its
unreadable and incomprehensible format to its plain text version;
“encrypted data” means data which has been transformed or scrambled from
its plain text version to an unreadable and incomprehensible format, regardless
of the technique utilized for transformation or scrambling, and irrespective of
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