PECA 2016 § 34 — Warrant for disclosure of content data

Statutory text (English)

(1) Up on an application by an authorised
officer that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Court that there exist reasonable grounds to believe
that the content data stored in an information system is reasonably required for the purpose of a
criminal investigation or criminal proceedings with respect to an offence made out under this Act, the
Court may, after recording reasons, order that the person in control of the data or information system,
to provide such data or access to such data to the authorized officer.

(2) The period of a warrant issued under sub-section

(1) may be extended beyond seven days
if, on an application, a Court authorizes an extension for a further period of time as may be specified
by the Court.

Source and verification

Source citation: PECA 2016 (Act XL of 2016) s.34: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PREVENTION OF ELECTRONIC CRIMES ACT, 2016' (incl. Act XXXVII of 2023 & Act II of 2025 amendments), p. 29, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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