REGULATION OF INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PROVISI...
(a)
(b)
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in the form of(i)
speech, music or other sounds;
(ii)
data;
(iii)
text;
(iv)
visual images, whether animated or not;
(v)
signals; or
(vi)
radio frequency spectrum; or
in any other form or in any combination of forms,
that is transmitted in whole or in part by means of a postal service or a
telecommunication system;
'informal settlement' means a place in an urban or rural setting used for residential
purposes and in respect of which no physical addresses or street particulars are officially
assigned;
[Definition of 'informal settlement' inserted by s. 1 (f) of Act 48 of 2008.]
'Intelligence Services Act' means the Intelligence Services Act, 1994 (Act 38 of
1994);
'intelligible form' means the form in which electronic data was before an encryption
or similar process was applied to it;
'intercept' means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any communication
through the use of any means, including an interception device, so as to make some or
all of the contents of a communication available to a person other than the sender or
recipient or intended recipient of that communication, and includes the(a)
monitoring of any such communication by means of a monitoring
device;
(b)
viewing, examination or inspection of the contents of any indirect
communication; and
(c)
diversion of any indirect communication from its intended destination
to any other destination,
and 'interception' has a corresponding meaning;
'interception centre' means an interception centre established by section 32 (1) (a) ;
'interception device' means any electronic, mechanical or other instrument, device,
equipment or apparatus which is used or can be used, whether by itself or in combination
with any other instrument, device, equipment or apparatus, to intercept any
communication, but does not include(a)
any instrument, device, equipment or apparatus, or any component
thereof(i)
furnished to the customer by a telecommunication service
provider in the ordinary course of his or her business and being
used by the customer in the ordinary course of his or her
business;
(ii)
furnished by such customer for connection to the facilities of
such telecommunication service and used in the ordinary course
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