7. Action by the Minister on the material presented to him.___(1) The Minister shall examine the
report with supporting material and through a written order may either decline the permission sought or grant
permission fully or partly.
(2) No application shall be made to the Judge except with prior written permission of the Minister.
8. Application for issuance of warrant. After permission from the Minister, application for issuance of
warrant shall be made by the authorized officer to the Judge,___
(a) preferably in the manner prescribed in schedule II;
(b) in case, the nature of warrant requested to be issued requires different description, then the
application shall be made in writing on the letter head of the applicant justifying the issuance of
warrant by mentioning all necessary details with supporting material alongwith proposed draft for
warrant; and
(c) the application for the issuance of warrant shall be accompanied by,___
(i) a signed statement and affidavit of the authorized officer that the contents of the report and
application are true and correct to the best of his information, knowledge and belief, and that
the warrant shall be used only and exclusively for preventing or lawfully investigating a
scheduled offence or to collect evidence in respect thereof and the same shall neither be
misused in any manner, nor shall the approval of the warrant be abused to interfere or
intervene in the privacy of any person; and
(ii) details of all warrants obtained previously in respect of the person against whom the warrant
is sought.
CHAPTER 3
ISSUE OF WARRANTS
9. Judge to issue warrant in Chambers.___(1) The warrant of surveillance or interception shall be issued
by the Judge in chamber.
(2) The authorized officer shall personally present the application in chambers of the concerned Judge
who after considering the same shall pass appropriate orders under section 11. The file on which the orders
shall be passed, shall be returned to the authorized officer for safecustody who shall be duty bound to bring
the same on any subsequent related hearings. The Judge shall cause to be maintained a register as provided for
in section 3(j).
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