Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act, 2002 (Act 70 of 2002)Chapter 4 : Execution of directions and entry warrants28. Assistance by postal service provider and telecommunication service provider |
| (1) | If an interception direction or a copy thereof is handed to the postal service provider or telecommunication service provider to whom the interception direction is addressed by the authorised person who executes that interception direction or assists with the execution thereof, the— |
| (a) | postal service provider concerned must intercept the postal article to which the interception direction applies and hand it to the authorised person concerned; or |
| (b) | telecommunication service provider concerned must immediately— |
| (i) | route the duplicate signals of indirect communications to which that interception direction applies to the designated interception centre concerned; or |
| (ii) | make available the necessary assistance and, subject to section 46(7)(a), the necessary facilities and devices to enable the authorised person concerned to effect the necessary connections in order to intercept any indirect communications to which the interception direction applies. |
| (2) | If a real-time communication-related direction or an archived communication related direction or a copy thereof is handed to the telecommunication service provider to whom the real-time communication-related direction or archived communication related direction is addressed by the authorised person who executes that real-time communication-related direction or archived communication-related direction or assists with the execution thereof, the telecommunication service provider concerned must— |
| (a) | route the— |
| (i) | real-time communication-related information specified in the real-time communication-related direction concerned immediately; or |
| (ii) | archived communication-related information specified, and within the period stated, in the archived communication-related direction concerned, to the designated interception centre concerned; or |
| (b) | provide the— |
| (i) | real-time communication-related information specified in the real-time communication-related direction concerned immediately; or |
| (ii) | archived communication-related information specified, and within the period stated, in the archived communication-related direction concerned, to the law enforcement agency concerned, in the form as specified in that real-time communication-related direction or archived communication related direction. |