3 - The immediate assistance provided by this permanent point of contact includes: a) The provision of technical advice to other points of contact; b) The expedite preservation of data in situations of urgency or danger in delay, in compliance with the following article; c) The collection of evidence for which it is incumbent in situations of urgency or danger in delay; d) The locating of suspects and provision of legal information, in situations of urgency or danger in delay; e) The immediate transfer to the Public Prosecution of requests on measures referred to in points b) and d), in cases other than those referred to therein, so that they may be quickly executed; 4 - When acting under points b) and d) of the preceding paragraph, the Polícia Judiciária shall immediately notify the Public Prosecution Office, submitting thereto the report provided for in article 253 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Article 22 Expedited preservation and disclosure of computer data in international cooperation 1 - Portugal may be requested to obtain the expeditious preservation of data stored by means of a computer system, located within Portuguese territory, for criminal offences provided for in article 11, and in respect of which the requesting Party intends to submit a request for mutual assistance for the search, seizure or disclosure of the data. 2 - A request for preservation shall specify: a) The authority seeking the preservation; b) The offence that is the subject of a criminal investigation or proceedings and a brief summary of the related facts; c) The computer data to be preserved and its relationship to the offence; d) Any available information identifying the custodian of the computer data or the location of the computer system; e) The necessity of the preservation; and f) The intention to submit a request for mutual assistance for the search, seizure or disclosure of data. 3 - In order to execute the request from the competent foreign authority pursuant to the preceding paragraphs, the competent judicial authority shall order whoever holds or controls such data, namely the service provider, to preserve them.

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