In force1999 Revised EditionCurrent version · 1999 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Kidnapping Act · 1999 Revised Edition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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-
to intercept, detain and open any postal article in course of transmission by post;
to intercept any message transmitted or received by any telecommunication;
or
Duty to give infonnation to police
Power to intercept communi-cations 1999
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Kidnapping
Cap. 52
Cap. 54
Offences to be seizable
Cap. 7
Evidence of accomplice
Evidence of pecuniary resources or property
to intercept or listen to any conversation by telephone.
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.