Execution of interception direction, etc

(1) If an interception direction or entry warrant has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this Act, an authorised officer may execute the order. (2) An authorised officer who executes an interception direction or entry warrant or assists with the execution thereof may intercept, at any place in Belize, any communication in the course of its transmission to which the interception direction applies. (3) Where possession has been taken of a postal article pursuant to sub–section (2) of this section, the authorised officer who executes the interception direction and the entry warrant or assists with the execution thereof– (a) shall take proper care of the postal article and may, if the postal article concerned is Interception of Communications[CAP. 229:01 37 perishable, with due regard to the interests of the persons concerned, dispose of that postal article in such manner as circumstances may require; (b) shall return the postal article, if it has not been disposed of in terms of paragraph (a), or cause it to be returned to the postal provider if, in the opinion of the authorised officer concerned– (i) no criminal or civil proceedings as contemplated will be instituted in connection with the postal article or; (ii) the postal article will not be required at any such criminal or civil proceedings for purposes of evidence or for purposes or order of the court; and (iii) such postal article may be returned without prejudice to the national security of Belize, public safety, public health or economic well-being of Belize as the case may be.