Kidnapping Act · s 10

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s 10

(1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written l~w, the Public Prosecutor may, if he considers that it is likely to contain any information relating to the payment of ransom for the release of a person who has been wrongfully restrained or wrongfully confined, authorise any police officer-

(a)

to intercept, detain and open any postal article in course of transmission by post;

(b)

to intercept any message transmitted or received by any telecommunication;

Duty to give infonnation to police

Power to intercept communi-cations 1999

Kidnapping

Cap. 52

Cap. 54

Offences to be seizable

Cap. 7

Evidence of accomplice

Evidence of pecuniary resources or property

(c)

to intercept or listen to any conversation by telephone.

(2)

For the purposes of this section -

"postal article" shall have the same meaning as in the Post OfficeAct; and

"telecommunication"

shall have the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act.