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a law enforcement officer, and if he or she is of the opinion that
determining the location of the sender is likely to be of assistance in
dealing with the emergency, orally request, or cause another law
enforcement officer to orally request, the telecommunication service
provider concerned to(aa)
(ii)
intercept any communication to or from the sender for
purposes of determining his or her location; or
(bb)
determine the location of the sender in any other manner
which the telecommunication service provider deems
appropriate; or
not a law enforcement officer, inform, or cause another person to
inform, any law enforcement officer of the matters referred to in
paragraphs (a) , (b) and (c) .
(2) A law enforcement officer who has been informed as contemplated in subsection
(1) (ii), may, if he or she is of the opinion that determining the location of the sender is
likely to be of assistance in dealing with the emergency, orally request, or cause another
law enforcement officer to orally request, the telecommunication service provider
concerned to act as contemplated in subsection (1) (i) (aa) or (bb) .
(3) A telecommunication service provider must, upon receipt of a request made to him
or her in terms of subsection (1) (i) or (2)(a)
intercept any communication to or from the sender for purposes of
determining his or her location; or
(b)
determine the location of the sender in any other manner which the
telecommunication service provider deems appropriate,
and if the location of the sender has been so determined, the telecommunication service
provider concerned must, as soon as practicable after determining that location, provide
the law enforcement officer who made the request with the location of the sender and
any other information obtained from that interception which, in the opinion of the
telecommunication service provider concerned, is likely to be of assistance in dealing with
the emergency.
(4) The law enforcement officer who made a request under subsection (1) (i) or (2)
must(a)
as soon as practicable after making that request, furnish the
telecommunication service provider concerned with a written
confirmation of the request which sets out the information given by
that law enforcement officer to that telecommunication service
provider in connection with the request;
(b)
as soon as practicable after making that request, furnish a designated
judge with a copy of such written confirmation; and
(c)
if the location of the sender and any other information has been
provided to him or her in terms of subsection (3), as soon as possible
after receipt thereof, submit to a designated judge an affidavit setting
forth the results and information obtained from that interception.
(5) A telecommunication service provider who has taken any of the steps
contemplated in subsection (3), must, as soon as practicable thereafter, submit to a
designated judge(a)
an affidavit setting forth the steps taken by that telecommunication
service provider in giving effect to the request concerned and the
results and information obtained from such steps; and
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