Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION) ACT 1979 No. 114 of 1979 - SECT 15

15. (1) Where the Attorney-General issues a warrant under section 9 or revokes
a warrant issued under section 9 or 10, he shall cause-

   (a)  the Director-General of Security and the Managing Director of the
        Commission to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant or of
        the revocation, as the case may be;

   (b)  the warrant or the instrument of revocation, as the case may be, to be
        forwarded, as soon as practicable, to
        the Director-General of Security; and

   (c)  a copy of the warrant or of the instrument of revocation, as the case
        may be, certified in writing by the Attorney-General to be a true copy
        of the warrant or of the instrument, to be forwarded as soon as
        practicable to the Managing Director of the Commission.

(2) Where the Attorney-General issues a warrant under section 11 or revokes a
warrant issued under that section, he shall cause-

   (a)  the Director-General of Security and the Managing Director of the
        Commission to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant or of
        the revocation, as the case may be;

   (b)  the warrant or the instrument of revocation, as the case may be, to be
        forwarded as soon as practicable, to the
        Managing Director of the Commission; and

   (c)  a copy of the warrant or of the instrument of revocation, as the case
        may be, certified in writing by the Attorney-General to be a true copy
        of the warrant or of the instrument, to be forwarded, as soon as
        practicable, to the Director-General of Security.

(3) The Attorney-General shall record on each request in writing for the issue
of a warrant received by him from the Director-General of Security his
decision with respect to the request and shall cause the request to be
returned to the Director-General of Security.

(4) Where the Director-General of Security issues a warrant under section 10,
he shall cause-

   (a)  the Managing Director of the Commission to be informed forthwith of
        the issue of the warrant; and

   (b)  a copy of the warrant, certified in writing by him to be a true copy
        of the warrant, to be forwarded, as soon as practicable, to the
        Managing Director of the Commission.

(5) Where the Director-General of Security issues a warrant under section 11,
he shall cause-

   (a)  the Managing Director of the Commission to be informed forthwith of
        the issue of the warrant; and

   (b)  the warrant to be forwarded, as soon as practicable, to the Managing
        Director of the Commission.

(6) The Director-General of Security shall cause to be retained in the records
of the Organization all warrants issued by him under section 10, a copy of
each warrant issued by him under section 11 and all warrants, copies of
warrants, instruments of revocation and copies of instruments of revocation
received by him from, and all requests and other documents returned to him by,
the Attorney-General.

(7) The Managing Director of the Commission shall cause to be retained in the
records of the Commission all warrants, copies of warrants, instruments of
revocation and copies of instruments of revocation received by him from the
Attorney-General and all warrants and copies of warrants received by him from
the Director-General of Security.