Section 159: Computer information

Extradition Act 2003 · 2003 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4: Police powers

This section applies if any of the special procedure material or excluded material specified in an application for a production order consists of information stored in any electronic form.

If the order is an order requiring a person to produce the material to a constable for him to take away, it has effect as an order to produce the material in a form—

in which it can be taken away by him;
in which it is visible and legible or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form.

If the order is an order requiring a person to give a constable access to the material, it has effect as an order to give him access to the material in a form—

in which it is visible and legible, or
from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form.

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