Electronic Communications and Transactions ( N o . 21 of 2009 267 PART X I INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATION 64. (1) Except as otherwise provided under this Act, a person shall not— (a) intercept, attempt to intercept or procure another person to intercept or attempt to intercept, any communication; or Prohibition of ¬ • interception of ttmrruiau.ii (b) use, attempt to use or procure another person to use or attempt to use any electronic, mechanical or other device to intercept any communication. (2) A person w h o contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to imprisonment for a period of twenty-five years. 65. (1) There shall be established a Centre to be known as the Central Monitoring and Coordination Centre. (2) T h e Monitoring Centre shall be the sole facility through which authorised interceptions in terms of this Act shall be effected and all the intercepted communication and call-related information of any particular interception target forwarded. Central Monitoring and Coordination Centre (3) T h e Monitoring Centre shall be managed, controlled and o p e r a t e d by t h e d e p a r t m e n t r e s p o n s i b l e for G o v e r n m e n t communications. 66. ( 1 ) S u b j e c t t o s u b s e c t i o n (2), a l a w e n f o r c e m e n t officer may, where the law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that an offence has been committed, is likely to be committed or is being committed and for the purpose of obtaining evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act, apply, ex parte, t o a j u d g e o f t h e H i g h C o u r t , for an i n t e r c e p t i o n o f communications order. (2) A law e n f o r c e m e n t officer shall, before m a k i n g an application under subsection (1), obtain the prior written consent of the Attorney-General. (3) A j u d g e to w h o m an application is made under subsection (1) m a y make an o r d e r — (a) requiring a service provider to intercept and retain a s p e c i f i e d c o m m u n i c a t i o n or c o m m u n i c a t i o n s o f a specified description received or transmitted, or about to be received or transmitted by that service provider; Power to intercept armiricalicii and admissibility of intercepted axnmunicalim