the seizing of the objects containing computer data, traffic data or data regarding the
users, from the person or service provider possessing them, in view of making copies
that can serve as evidence.
2. If the objects containing computer data referring to the data for the legal bodies
in order to make copies, the prosecutor mentioned in paragraph (1) or court orders
the forced seizure. During the trial, the forced seizure order is communicated to
the prosecutor, who takes measures to fulfil it, through the criminal investigation
body.
3. The copies mentioned in paragraph (1) are achieved by the technical means and
the proper procedures to provide the integrity of the information contained by them.
Article 19: Searching and Seizing Computer Data
1. Whenever for the purpose of discovering or gathering evidence it is necessary to
investigate a computer system or a computer data storage medium, the prosecutor or
court can order a search.
2. If the criminal investigation body or the court considers that seizing the objects that
contain the data referred to at paragraph (1) would severely affect the activities
performed by the persons possessing these objects, it can order performing copies that
would serve as evidence and that are achieved according to art. 18, paragraph (3).
3. When, on the occasion of investigating a computer system or a computer data
storage medium it is found out that the computer data searched for are included on
another computer system or another computer data storage medium and are accessible
from the initial system or medium, it can be ordered immediately to authorize
performing the search in order to investigate all the computer systems or computer
data storage medium searched for.
Article 20: Condition and Safeguard
1. The access to a computer system, as well as the interception or recording of
communications carried out by means of computer systems are performed when
useful to find the truth and the facts or identification of the doers cannot be achieved
on the basis of other evidence.
2. The measures referred to at paragraph (1) are performed by motivated authorisation
of the prosecutor specially assigned by the general prosecutor related to the Court of
Appeal or, as appropriate, of the general prosecutor of the office related to the
Supreme Court, and for the corruption offences, of the general prosecutor of the
National Anti-Corruption Office, by the criminal investigation bodies with the help of
specialised persons, who are obliged to keep the confidentiality of the operation
performed.
3. The authorisation referred to at paragraph (2) is given for 30 days at the most, with
the extension possibility under the same conditions, for duly justified reasons, each
extension not exceeding 30 days. The maximum duration of these measures is 4
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