76. (1) The Minister may make regulations relating to any matter that may or must
be prescribed and to any matter that is reasonably necessary or expedient to be prescribed
to achieve the objects of this Act.
(2)The provisions of section 18(4) apply to regulations made under this Act.
(3) When the Minister intends to make regulations under this Act, he or she may
instruct the Authority to conduct a rule-making procedure in terms of the Communications
Act, 2009 (Act No. 8 of 2009).
Repeal and amendment of laws
77. (1) The Computer Evidence Act, 1985 (Act No. 32 of 1985) is repealed.
(2) Section 75 of the Communications Act, 2009 (Act No. 8 of 2009) is amended by
the insertion in paragraph (d) of the following subparagraphs after subparagraph (i):
“(iA) subject to any procedural requirements that may be prescribed and any other
law, information that is necessary to investigate an offence;
(iB) the information is required because it is necessary to locate a person and it is
necessary to locate the person concerned in the public interest, the national
interest of Namibia or for the purposes of a criminal investigation or in the
interest of the missing person;
(iC) where the person concerned has consented or where it is reasonable under the
circumstances to assume that the person would have consented and it is due
to the urgency of the request or for another reason not possible to obtain the
consent of the person concerned: Provided that a general consent in a contract
is not valid consent for the purposes of this subparagraph;”.
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