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Interception of Communications
Interpretation.
2,
(1)
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2 of the Legal Profession Act;
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Inthis Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
“attorney-at-law” has the meaning given to it under section
“authorised officer” means the Commissioner of Police; or
(a)
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aperson for the time being lawfully exercising
the functions of the Commissioner of Police;
(b)
an officer authorised in writing to act on
behalf of the Commissioner of Police; or
(c)
the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry
(d)
any person employed by or assigned to any
law enforcement
agency
under the
Government who is explicitly authorised by
the Commissioner of Police to carry out
lawful interception and related functions
under this Act.
responsible for the Belize Police Department;
“Commissioner”
means
the
Commissioner
appointed under section 3 of the Police Act;
of
Police
“communication” includes:
(a)
except in the definition of “postal service”,
anything
encrypted
or unencrypted
transmitted by means of a postal service
including a postal article;
(6)
anything
comprising
encrypted
speech,
or
music,
unencrypted
sounds,
visual
images or data of any description; and
(c)
encrypted or unencrypted signals serving
either for the impartation of anything between
persons, between a person and a thing or
between things or for the actuation or control
of any apparatus: