(2) While conducting investigation under this Act the investigation officer may take help from any expert person or any specialized organization for the sake of investigation of an offence. 42) Search and Seizure through Warrant: If any police office has reason to believe that, a. or An offence has been committed or there is possibility of commission of an offence under this Act, orb. Any computer, computer system, computer network, data-information relating to an offence under this Act, or any evidence-proof thereof is being kept in some place or with a person, Then, he/she can after recording the reason for such belief, apply to the tribunal or as the case may be, to the Chief Judicial Magistrate or Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to obtain search warrant and do the below mentioned tasks : i. To seize any traffic data which is under possession of any service provider, ii. At any level of communication create obstruction to any telegraph or electronic communication containing recipient information and any data traffic including data-information 43) Search, Seizure and Arrest without Warrant: (1) If a police officer has a reason to believe that an offence under this Act has been or is being or will be committed in any place, or there is a possibility of it happening, or if there is a possibility of evidence being lost, destroyed, deleted or altered or possibility of it being made scarce in some other way, then the officer, upon recording the reason for his/her belief, can undertake the following tasks: a. Enter and search the said place and, if interrupted, take necessary action in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure;. b. Seize the computer, computer systems, computer network, data-information or other objects which were used in committing the offence or documents that can aid in proving the offence that are found in that place while conducting the search;; c. Conduct physical search of any person present in that place; d. Arrest anyone present in the said place if suspected of committing or having committed an offence under this Act. (2) ) After conducting a search under subsection (1), the police officer will submit a search report to the Tribunal. 44) Data Preservation:(1) If the Director General on his own accord or on the basis of an application by the investigation officer believes that, any data-information stored in a computer should be preserved for the interest of an investigation under this Act or there is possibility that such information could be harmed, destroyed, altered or lost e, then, he/she can order the person or institution responsible for that computer or computer system to preserve such data-information for 90(ninety) days. (2) Tribunal may, on application, extend the period of preservation of such data-information but it should not be for more than a total of 180 (one hundred and eighty) days. 45) Not to Interrupt the general usage of computer: (1) The investigation officer should run the investigation in such a way that,

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