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2° for any company to hold shares, whether directly or indirectly through any nominee
organization, or subsidiary or other associated company which is part of the same group of
companies, in more than one company which is supplying telecommunications networks
and/or services.
Any company contravening these provisions must sell its shares holding forthwith.
CHAPTER XVI. PRIVACY AD DATA PROTECTIO
Article 54
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter and Chapter 14 of this law, every user’s voice
or data communications carried by means of a telecommunications network or
telecommunications service, remains confidential to that user and the user’s intended recipient
of that voice or data communication.
Unless authorized by Article 55 of this law, it is forbidden for any natural person or
organization to carry out any interception of communications.
Any natural person or organization that contravenes the paragraph (2) of this Article are
subject to the penalties set out in Article 70 of this law.
Article 55
The provisions of Article 54 of this law do not apply if:
1° the user has given explicit written authorization ;
2° the court has authorized, the interception of communications, or recorded communications;
3° the purpose of providing evidence of any commercial transaction or that a business
communication has taken place.
The court may authorize the interception of communications if it is necessary:
1° to safeguard national integrity, or to protect the other country's security and in the interests
of the defence of the Republic;
2° for public security reasons;
3° for the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences;
4° to determine whether unlicensed installation and use of a telecommunications network, or
telecommunications terminal equipment, or the unlicensed provision of a telecommunications
service has taken place;
Application to the court may be made by the Ministry most affected, notably the Ministry of
Justice, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Commerce , and/or the Regulatory Board.