18. Access to computerised data

Any authorised officer conducting a search under this Act shall be given access to computerised data whether stored in a computer or otherwise.

For the purpose of subsection (I), the authorised officer shall be provided with the necessary password, encryption code, decryption code, software or hardware or any other means required for his access to enable comprehension of the computerised data.

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both, and in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,000 for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.

In this section, "computer" means any device for storing and processing information, and any reference to information being derived from other information is a reference to its being derived therefrom by calculation, comparison or any other process.