Golding Tables Bill to Amend Intercepted Communications Act

Following the release of the Manatt Commission Report, portions of which focused on the Interception of Communications Act, Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has tabled a bill to amend the act in the House of Representatives. The amendment would provide that a warrant may authorize that intercepted communications be disclosed to a foreign government or the agency of such a government. According to the bill, however, information obtained through intercepted communications can only occur where a mutual agreement exists between Jamaica and the foreign state.

–Jamaica Information Service