Section 127B: Power to access computers and other electronic devices

127B. Power to access computers and other electronic devices For the purpose of section 127A, the Director-General may, at any reasonable time— (a) have access to— (i) any computer, computer software, whether installed in the computer or otherwise, electronic till or any other device, used in connection with any document which the person is required to produce; or (ii) any information, code or technology which has the capability of retransforming or unscrambling encrypted data contained or available to such computers or devices into readable and comprehensive format or text; (b) inspect and check the operation of any such computer or other device and make extracts of any computer software, computer output or such other document used in connection therewith; (c) require any person by whom or on whose behalf the computer or other electronic device is operated, or any person concerned with the operation of the equipment, to give such assistance as may be necessary for the purpose of this section; and (d) require any person in possession of decryption information to grant him access to such decryption information necessary to decrypt data required for the purpose of this section. [S. 127B inserted by s. 8 (e) of Act 14 of 2009 w.e.f. 30 July 2009.]