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THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE [Lecat Supplement]
No. 16]
LAWS
OF
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A
13™ AUGUST, 2018
GUYANA
[A.D. 2018
data on an electronic data storage medium located in
Guyana is affected by, or contains information about,
the act; or
(ii)
the transmission or effect of the act, or the damage
resulting from the act, occurs, in whole or in part,
within Guyana.
(3)
Subject to subsection (1), a Magistrate’s court has jurisdiction to
hear and determine any offence under this Act, if
(a)
the accused was within the magisterial district at the time
when he committed the offence;
(b)
acomputer system, containing any computer programme
or electronic data which the accused used, was within the
magisterial
district
at
the
time
when
the
accused
committed the offence; or
(c)
harm
or damage
occurred within the magisterial district,
whether or not paragraph (a) or (b) applies.
Search and seizure.
28. (1) A Judge, if satisfied on an ex parte application by a police
officer of the rank of Superintendent or above that there are reasonable
grounds for suspecting that(a)
an offence
under
this
Act
has
been
or is about
to be
committed in any place; and
(b)
evidence that such an offence has been or is about to be
committed is in that place,
may issue a warrant authorising a police officer, with such assistance as may
be necessary, to enter the place to search for and seize the evidence, including
any computer system, electronic data storage medium or electronic data.
(2) If a police officer who is undertaking a search under this section
has reasonable grounds to believe that—
(a)
the electronic data sought is stored in another computer
system or electronic data storage medium; or
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