(h) 'Judge' means a Judge of the High Court;
(i) `Minister’ means the Federal Minister for Interior;
(j) 'register' means the register maintained under SubSection (2) of Section 9 by the Judge, containing
the serial number of the file received by the Judge in Chambers which has been returned to the
applicant for safe custody, and the register shall also contain name, contact, address of the
authorized person and the applicant;
(k) 'suspect' means a person in respect of whom there is a suspicion that he may be involved in any
scheduled offence and includes foreigners and groups as well as organizations;
(l) 'Schedule’ means schedule to this Act;
(m) 'Scheduled offence' means an offence specified in Schedule I;
(n) 'service provider' means any person, entity or company related to any equipment, technology,
data, circumstances that gives it ability or power or control to implement the warrants issued
under Sections 11 and 21; and
(p) 'warrant' means warrant of surveillance or interception, and includes warrant issued under Sections
11 whereby the applicant is allowed by the Judge to collect evidence through interception,
recording through audio or video or any means of Communication or surveillance of movements
and actions through minimum interference in property and privacy of any person including human
intelligence.
CHAPTER2
APPLICATION FOR WARRANT
4. Notification of authorized officer.____The applicant shall, before making an application, first notify an
appropriate officer not below BPS20 or equivalent, duly authorized by him to represent the said applicant for
making an application under this Act.
5. Record of suspicious conduct.___In case where any official of an applicant has reasons to believe that
any person is likely to be associated with or is beginning to get associated with, any act leading to a scheduled
offence, or is in the process of beginning to plan such an act, or is indulging in such a conduct or activity that
arises suspicion that he is likely to plan or attempt to commit any scheduled offence and, therefore, it may be
necessary to obtain warrant of surveillance or interception, he shall prepare a report thereof with supporting
material.
6. Material to be placed before the Minister.___An official of the applicant who has prepared the report
under section 5 shall present the same through the Head of the Department to the Minister for permission to
make application to the Judge for issuance of the warrant of surveillance or interception.
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