PARTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PARTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 57 General principles relating to mutual assistance Vanuatu may cooperate with any foreign country, any foreign agency or any international agency for the purposes of investigations or proceedings concerning offences related to computer systems and data or for the collection of evidence in electronic form of a criminal offence pursuant to this Act and the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act. 58 (1) Public Prosecutor to make and act on mutual assistance requests The Public Prosecutor may make requests for mutual assistance in any investigation or proceedmg commenced in Vanuatu, relating to any computer or computer related offence. (2) The Public Prosecutor may, in respect of any request from a foreign country for mutual assistance in any investigation or proceeding commenced in that foreign country: (a) —_ grant the request, in whole or in part, on such terms and conditions as he or she thinks fit; or (b) refuse according to the terms set out under sections 8, 9 and 10 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act; or (c) _ after consulting with the appropriate authority of the foreign _ country, 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 Vanuatu, (3) A mutual assistance request under this section is to be executed according to the procedures specified by the foreign country, except where incompatible with the laws of Vanuatu. (4) Prior to refusing or postponing assistance, the Public Prosecutor is to, where appropriate after having consulted with the foreign country, consider whether the request may be granted partially or subject to conditions. (5) The Public Prosecutor is to immediately inform the foreign country of the outcome of the execution of a request for mutual assistance. (6) In addition to subsection (5), the Public Prosecutor is to inform the foreign country of any reasons: (a) _ to render impossible the execution of the request; or Cybererime Act No. 22 of 2021 45