88 No. 13 of 2004]
Computer Misuse and
Crimes
(3) In executing a warrant under this section, a police officer may
seize any computer, data, program, information, document or thing if
the police officer reasonably believes that it is evidence that an offence
under this Act has been or is about to be committed.
(4) Apolice officer executing a warrant may be accompanied by
an authorised person and is—
(a) entitled, with the assistance of that person, to—
(i) have access to and inspect and check the operation
of any computer to which this section applies;
(ii) use or cause to be used any such computer to search
any program or data held in or available to such
computer;
(hi) have access to any information, code or technology
which has the capability of retransforming or
unscrambling encrypted program or data held in
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; and
(iv) to make and take away a copy of any program or
data held in the computer or data held in the
computer as specified in the search warrant and
any other program or data held in that or any other
computer which the police officer has reasonable
grounds to believe is evidence of the commission
of any other offence;
(&)entitled to require—
(i) the person by whom or on whose behalf, the police
officer has reasonable cause to suspect, any
computer to which this section applies is or has
been used; or
(ii) anyperson having charge of, or otherwise concerned
with the operation of, such computer, to provide
the police officer or any authorised person with
such reasonable technical and other assistance as
me police officer or authorised person may require
for the purposes of paragraph (a); and
(c) entitled to require any person in possession of decryption
information to grant the police officer or the authorised
person access to such decryption information necessary to
decrypt data required for the purpose of investigating an
offence.