Assistance

(1) A person with knowledge about the functioning of a computer system or computer data storage medium, or security measures applied to protect computer data, that is the subject of a Search and Seizure Warrant shall, if requested, assist the police officer who is executing the search, by– (a) providing any about the computer system, computer data or storage medium sought, that may facilitate the execution of the Search and Seizure Warrant; (b) accessing and using the computer system or computer data storage medium to search computer data which is stored in, or lawfully accessible from or available to, that computer system or computer data storage medium; (c) obtaining and copying computer data; or (d) obtaining an intelligible output from a computer system or computer data storage medium in such a format that is admissible for the purpose of legal proceedings. (2) A person who fails, without lawful excuse or justification, to comply with the requirements under sub-section (1), commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to 33 a fine of three thousand dollars and to a term of imprisonment for one year.