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[No. 25
Interception of Communications
“Council” means the National Security Council;
“Director of Public Prosecutions”
Public Prosecutions
CAP. 4,
means the Director of
appointed under section 108 of the
Belize Constitution;
“disclosure order” means an order made pursuant to section
14, requiring access to electronic data;
“electronic signature” means anything in electronic form
which:
is incorporated into, or otherwise logically
(a)
associated with, any electronic communication
or other electronic data;
(b)
is generated by the signatory or other source
(c)
is used for the purpose of facilitating, by
of the communication or data; and
means
of a link between the signatory
or
other source and the communication or data,
the establishment of the authenticity of the
communication or data, and the establishment
of its integrity or both;
“encrypt”
means
the use of codes,
ciphers,
mechanical
systems, or electronic algorithms so as to make visual
images, speech, music, sounds, or data ofany description,
which would otherwise be intelligible, unintelligible from
its intended meaning and requiring corresponding codes,
ciphers, mechanical systems, or electronic algorithms to
become, once again, intelligible;
“intercept” includes:
(a)
aural or other acquisition of the contents of
a communication through the use of any
means, including an interception device, so
as to make some or all of the contents of a