The provisions of sections 48 to 51 apply in addition to Chapter 2 of the International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act, 1996, and relate, unless specified otherwise, to the preservation of an article or other evidence in electronic format regarding the commission or suspected commission of—
(a) |
an offence in terms of Part I or Part II of Chapter 2; |
(b) |
any other offence in terms of the laws of the Republic, which may be committed by means of, or facilitated through the use of, an article; or |
(i) |
similar to those contemplated in Part I or Part II of Chapter 2; or |
(ii) |
substantially similar to an offence recognised in the Republic, which may be committed by means of, or facilitated through the use of, an article, in a foreign State, |
pending a request in terms of section 2 or 7 of the International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act, 1996.