Chapter 3: Procedure Provision
Article 13 - Procedure for Cybercrime Offence
Procedure for Cybercrime offenses, which is stated in this law, shall be implemented
as stated in the penal code procedure if there is no separate procedure in this law.
Article 14 - Officials competent to investigate Cybercrime offence
Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and officials of National AntiCybercrime Committee who gain an advantage as judicial police official are
empowered to investigate cybercrime offenses that are stipulated in this law and those
in the panel code.
Other persons or units that are aware of cybercrime offenses are stipulated in this law
and cybercrime offenses stated in the panel code share make complaints to the
National Anti-Cybercrime Committee.
Article 15 – Appointment of National Anti-Cybercrime Committee officials as
judicial police
Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of National Anti-Cybercrime
Committee are legally entitled to a status as judicial police officials in order to
perform their duties.
Officials of National Anti-Cybercrime Committee may be entitled to status as judicial
police officials in accordance with the provisions in the penal procedure code.
The Secretary General of National Anti-Cybercrime Committee takes charge of
preparing list of officials of National Anti-Cybercrime Committee who are entitled to
status as judicial police officials through Prakas of the Minister of Justice.
Article 16 – Investigation Power of NACC
Officials of National Anti-Cybercrime Committee who are appointed as judicial
police take charge of investigating cybercrime offences. If during the course of a
cybercrime offence, investigation different offenses are found whose facts are related
to the offence being investigated by National Anti-Cybercrime Committee, officials
of National Anti-Cybercrime Committee shall make complaint to competence
authority.
Secretariat of National Anti-Cybercrime Committee can not investigate other offences
except ones unless with the court order.
The court can order National Anti-Cybercrime Committee to undertake forensic
inquiries in order to facilitate the work of the court.
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