PARTS INTERNA TIONAL COOPERATION (b) to delay the execution of the request significantly; or (c) _ to postpone the request; or (d) (7) to refuse the request. The foreign country may request the Public Prosecutor to keep confidential the fact of any request made under this Act or the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Maiters Act, as well as its subject, except to the extent necessary for its execution. (8) Ifthe Public Prosecutor cannot comply with the request for confidentiality under subsection (7), he or she must immediately inform the foreign country, whether the request should still be executed. (9) Subsections (8) applies mutatis mutandis when the Public Prosecutor is the requesting country. (10) If the foreign country cannot comply with such conditions under subsection (2), it must notify the Public Prosecutor, who will then determine whether the information should still be provided. (11) Ifthe foreign country accepts the information subject to the conditions, it is to be bound by them. (12) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) apply mutaris mutandis when spontaneous information is provided to the Public Prosecutor by a foreign country. 59 (1) Additional information The Public Prosecutor may, subject to this Act and without prior request, forward to a foreign country information obtained within the framework of his or her own investigations when he or she considers that the disclosure of such information is necessary: (2) (a) to assist the foreign country in initiating or carrying out investigations or proceedings; or (b) and might lead to a request for co-operation by the foreign country under this Act. Prior to proviuuy suctiingormation, the Public Prosecutor may request that the information be kept confidential or only used subject to conditions. Cybercrime Act No. 22 of 2021 46