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Data Protection Office (DPO)
Office of the Director of Public
Prosecutions (ODPP)
Attorney General’s Office (AGO)
Regulatory Bodies
Institute for Judicial and Legal
Studies (IJLS)
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Police IT Unit:
To carry out forensic examination of electronic
evidence and provide reports to the Cybercrime
Unit/local Police for prosecution
The Data Protection Office will act as the advisory body on
data protection and privacy issues.
The role of the ODPP are listed below:
Prosecuting cases involving cybercrime.
Tendering legal advice during cybercrime
investigation and assist with the procedural tools
such as expedited preservation order, disclosure
order, production order, search and seizure and real
time collection of data.
Providing capacity building programmes for
officers of the ODPP and investigators.
Assisting in the training and awareness
programmes for law enforcement agencies.
The AGO will be responsible for:
Advising and assisting on legal frameworks and
legislative amendments required to respond to
cybercrime more effectively;
Drafting of appropriate legislation to be introduced
and presented before the National Assembly;
Making and receiving formal mutual legal
assistance requests to and from foreign countries to
seek or provide evidence to support cybercrime
investigations or prosecutions.
The Regulatory bodies shall include the ICTA, FSC and
the Bank of Mauritius (the financial sector regulator). The
roles of the regulatory bodies will be to:
Establish, control, inspect and enforce regulations
regarding cybercrime
Encourage organisations to adopt security best
practices and guidelines
The responsibilities of the IJLS are as follows:
Conduct courses, seminars or workshops for the
training of judicial and legal officers in the area of
cybercrime and electronic evidence.
Identify areas of need and interest where
specialised knowledge is required, and promote and
co-ordinate research and development in the area of
cybercrime and electronic evidence.
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