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.