Section 54Part 4 — Powers, Duties and Privileges of Police Officers
Extension of powers of seizure to computer and electronic information
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54. (1) Every power which is conferred by a Law, to which this section applies, on a police officer who has entered premises in the exercise of a power conferred by that Law shall be construed as including a power to seize a computer, as well as require any information contained in the computer or any other material contained in electronic form and accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible.
This section applies —
to any Law enacted before this Act;
to section 45; and
to paragraph 13 of Schedule 3.
The power to seize a computer, as well as require any information contained in the computer or any other material contained in electronic form to be made accessible, does not include the power to alter or delete any material contained therein.
Cross References
- Section 53 of Police Act
seizure powers