Telecommunications (Registration of SIM Cards) Regulation
the magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing any law enforcement officer to require the specified licensee that keeps the record to provide the record.
(2) The specified licensee must provide the SIM card record in compliance with the warrant.
13. Provision of SIM card record to law enforcement officer not under warrant
(1) If a law enforcement officer of a senior rank is satisfied—
- (a) that—
- (i) there is reasonable cause to suspect that a serious offence has been, is being, or is about to be committed, and it is necessary to obtain a SIM card record for the purpose of investigating or preventing the offence; or
- (ii) it is necessary to obtain a SIM card record for the purpose of preventing loss of life of, or serious bodily harm to, any person; and
- (b) that—
- (i) a delay caused by an application for a warrant under section 12(1) is likely to defeat the purpose of obtaining the record mentioned in paragraph (a); or
- (ii) for any reason it is not reasonably practicable to make such an application,
the officer may authorize in writing any law enforcement officer to require the specified licensee that keeps the record to provide the record.
(2) The specified licensee must provide the SIM card record as soon as practicable after being required to do so by a law enforcement officer authorized under subsection (1).
