14 CAP. 4.41 Electronic Crimes Act LAWS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Revision Date: 31 Dec 2017 (a) which may be material as evidence in proving an offence under this Act; or (b) which has been acquired by a person as a result of an offence committed under this Act, the Magistrate may issue a warrant authorising the police officer to enter the place or premises and search and seize the thing or computer using such assistance as may be necessary, and the search may include a search or access to a computer system or part of it and the computer data stored in that system as well as a computer data storage medium in which the computer data may be stored in Saint Christopher and Nevis. (Substituted by Act 26 of 2012) (2) A warrant issued under this section may authorise or require— (a) a police officer to— (i) seize any computer, data, program, information, document or thing if he reasonably believes that it is evidence that an offence under this Act has been or is about to be committed; (ii) have access to and inspect and check the operation of any computer to which this section applies; (iii) use or cause to be used any computer to search any data contained in or available to such computer; (iv) have access to any information, code or technology which has the capability of converting encrypted data contained or available to such computer into readable and comprehensible format or text for the purpose of investigating any offence under this Act or any other offence which has been disclosed in the course of the lawful exercise of the powers under this section; (b) an authorised person to render assistance to the police officer in the execution of the warrant; (c) any person in possession of decryption information necessary to decrypt data required for the purpose of investigating any such offence. (3) A police officer may, where it is reasonably required, request a person who is not a suspect of a crime but who has knowledge about the functioning of a computer system or measures applied to protect the computer data in the computer system which is the subject of a search under this section to assist the police officer, and the person so requested shall permit and assist the police officer to make the search by— (a) providing information that enables the undertaking of measures referred to in this section; (b) accessing and using a computer system or computer data storage medium to search any computer data available to or in the system; (c) obtaining and copying such computer data; (d) using equipment to make copies; and (e) obtaining an intelligible output from a computer system in such a format that is admissible for the purpose of legal proceedings. (Substituted by Act 26 of 2012)