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LISTENING DEVICES ACT 1991
- Act 21 of 1991
- Royal Assent 31 July 1991
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Act to bind the Crown
PART 2 - Offences Relating to Listening Devices
5. Prohibition on use of listening devices
6. Power of Chief Magistrate to require subject to be informed of surveillance
7. Further power of Chief Magistrate to require subject to be informed of surveillance
8. Report to Attorney-General
9. Prohibition on communication or publication of private conversations unlawfully listened to
10. Prohibition on communication or publication of records of private conversations by parties thereto
11. Possession of record of private conversation
12. Offence against this Part
PART 3 - Admissibility of Evidence
13. Interpretation
14. Inadmissibility of evidence of private conversations when unlawfully obtained
15. Admissibility of evidence of private conversation when obtained inadvertently pursuant to warrant
PART 4 - Warrants
16. Interpretation
17. Warrants authorizing use of listening devices
18. Radio/telephone warrants
19. Report to Attorney-General, &c.
20. Requirement to inform subject of surveillance
PART 5 - Miscellaneous
21. Destruction of irrelevant records made by the use of a listening device
22. Annual report by Attorney-General
23. Time for instituting proceedings for certain offences
24. Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions
25. Offences by corporations
26. Orders for forfeiture
27. Regulations
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