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Rule 4: Authorisation of agency of Government

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The competent authority may authorise an agency of the Government to intercept, monitor or decrypt information generated, transmitted received or stored in any computer resource for the purpose specified in sub-section (1) of section 69 of the Act.

 

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The competent authority may, under Rule (3), give any decryption direction to the decryption key ...

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