The Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002
41. Duration of an
order of inception, etc.-
1. No
order issued under this section may authorise or approve the interception of
any wire, electronic or oral communication for any period longer than is
necessary to achieve the objective of the authorisati n, nor in any event
longer than sixty days and such sixty days period shall begin on the day
immediately preceding the day on which the investigating officer first begins
to conduct an interception under the order or ten days after order is issued
whichever is earlier.
2. The
extension of an order may be granted, but only upon an application for an
extension made in accordance with sub-section (1) of section 38 and the
Competent Authority making the findings required by sub-section (1) of section
39, and the period of such extension shall be no longer than the Competent
Authority deems necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was granted and
in no event for longer than sixty days at a time.
3. Every
order and extension thereof shall contain a provision that the authorisation to
intercept shall be executed as soon as practicable and shall be conducted in
such manner as to minimise the interception of communications not otherwise
subject to interception under this section and shall terminate upon attainment of
the authorised objective, or in any event on the expiry of the period of said
order or extension thereof.