Rule 5: "The affidavit […] shall disclose sufficient material to satisfy the Judge that it is necessary
or desirable for the purpose of any investigation that any correspondence or means of communication
of a person specified in the affidavit should be intercepted".
Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) 1997.
This amendment has been introduced to the Criminal Procedure Code to enable the
collection and analysis of both intimate and non-intimate samples from a person for
the purpose of crime detection, however:
"The right to privacy is further safeguarded by the following requirements
1. the decisions to take samples from persons are authorised by relatively senior officers and written
records of those decisions are kept;
2. the person whose consent is being sought is informed of the right to refuse to give a sample
3. the person from whom the sample is to be taken is notified as to why the sample is required,
whether authorisation has been obtained or a court order has been given for the taking of the sample.
4. where a court order is being sought, sufficient information about the applicant, the suspect, the
reason for requesting the order and the type of sample required must be given to allow the court to
make an informed decision" (Objects and reasons).
Data Protection Bill, 2002
Objects and reasons.
This Act seeks to regulate the holding of data containing personal information in
computers by users of such data and the disclosure of such information. It is sought
to ensure that persons who use data containing personal information obtain such
information fairly and lawfully, for specific purposes, protect the data from
unauthorised access, alteration or destruction, etc.
• Right to free association.
• Right to assembly.
Article 10, ACHPR.
Article 11, ACHPR.
Both rights are contemplated together by the Constitution of Seychelles in the same
Article and, as they may have social, political and economical character, their
implementation by the legislation can be seen through the Acts that regulate aspects
of the social political and economic life of Seychelles.