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Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020, s. 54 · Read the law's page

• Section 54 of the Cybercrimes Act is not yet in operation: the proclamation that brought most of the Act into operation on 1 December 2021 excluded it, and the duty below binds only once it is proclaimed and the Cabinet member responsible for policing has prescribed the offences to be reported.
• This binds an electronic communications service provider, being a person who provides an electronic communications service under a licence issued under the Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (or who is deemed licensed or exempt) or a person with lawful authority to control the operation or use of a licence-exempt private electronic communications network used primarily for providing electronic communications services for the owner's own use, and a financial institution as defined in the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (reached by declaring that you provide telecom services or financial services).
• When you become aware that your electronic communications service or network is involved in an offence in Part I of Chapter 2 of the Act that the Cabinet member responsible for policing has prescribed, report the offence to the South African Police Service in the prescribed form and manner without undue delay and, where feasible, not later than 72 hours after becoming aware of it (section 54(1)(a)).
• Preserve any information which may be of assistance to the South African Police Service in investigating the offence (section 54(1)(b)).