| (1) | The interception of an indirect communication as defined in section 1 of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act, 2002, must take place in terms of a direction issued in terms of section 16(4) or 18(3) of that Act and must, subject to subsection (4), be dealt with further in the manner provided for in that Act. |
| (2) | The obtaining of real-time communication-related information as defined in section 1 of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act, 2002, on an ongoing basis, as it becomes available, must take place in terms of a direction issued in terms of section 17(3) or 18(3) of that Act, and must, subject to subsection (4), be dealt with further in the manner provided for in that Act. |
| (a) | in terms of section 30(1)(b) of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act, 2002, required to provide an electronic communications service which has the capability to store communication-related information; and |
| (b) | not required to store communication-related information in terms of a directive issued in terms of section 30(2) of that Act, |
must, in addition to any other obligation imposed by any law, comply with—
| (i) | a real-time communication-related direction contemplated in subsection (2), in terms of which the electronic communications service provider is directed to provide real-time communication-related information in respect of a customer, on an ongoing basis, as it becomes available; |
| (ii) | an expedited preservation of data direction contemplated in section 41, in terms of which the electronic communications service provider is directed to preserve real-time communication-related information in respect of a customer; |
| (iii) | a preservation of evidence direction contemplated in section 42, in terms of which the electronic communications service provider is directed to preserve real-time communication-related information in respect of a customer; |
| (iv) | a disclosure of data direction contemplated in section 44, in terms of which the electronic communications service provider is directed to provide real-time communication-related information in respect of a customer that was preserved or otherwise stored by the electronic communications service provider; or |
| (aa) | obtain and preserve any real-time communication-related information; or |
| (4) | Any indirect communication which is to be intercepted or any real-time communication-related information or traffic data which is to be obtained, at the request of an authority, court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in a foreign State must further be dealt with in the manner provided for in an order referred to in section 48(6), which is issued by the designated judge. |
