14. Duration of warrant of interception. Warrant shall be issued for a period of not longer than sixty
days:
Provided that it may be reissued after the said period by the Judge upon the request of the authorized
officer of the applicant, if, after examining the gist of the intelligence and evidence collected by the applicant
thus far, he is satisfied that as a consequence of issuance of warrant, suitable progress is being made and there
is sound justification for reissuance of warrant for another period not exceeding sixty days. Thereafter, the
same consideration shall apply for every request for reissue of warrant for further periods not exceeding sixty
days at a time.
15. Sanction in case of arbitrary request for warrant.�� Where the Judge is of the view that any request
for the issuance of warrant is based on insufficient or irrelevant considerations or it has resulted in undue and
inappropriate interference in the privacy of any person or that the material and information collected or
received within the period mentioned in section 14 demonstrate that the officer concerned did not apply
himself fully while making an application for the warrant, then he may recommend departmental action
against the officer concerned.
CHAPTER4
EXECUTION OF WARRANTS
16. Authorization under the warrant.__(1) The warrant of surveillance or interception to be issued by the
Judge may authorize and allow the lawful doing of any or all of the following acts, namely__
(a) interception and recording of telephonic communication of the suspect with any person;
(b) video recording of any person, persons, premises, event, situation etc;
(c) interception or recording or obtaining of any electronic transaction including but not limited to e
mails, SMS etc;
(d) interception and taking over of any equipment used in the communication in respect of which the
warrant is issued, including but not limited to telephone, cell phone, mobile sims, electronic
database, demonstrating linking of electronic communication with the database belonging to the
persons in respect of whom the warrant has been issued:
Provided that the Judge shall authorize takeover of equipment only where the material or
statement of the authorized officer discloses a substantial threat or possibility or an attempt to
commit a scheduled offence;
(e) collection of evidence through any modern devices in addition to the ones mentioned above;
(f) use of human intelligence;
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