11. Replacement of section 11 of the principal enactment

Section 11 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:–

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

11.

“Request by Central Authority for

The Central Authority may, on the request of a court or a competent authority, request the appropriate authority of a specified country or specified organization to arrange for–

evidence including computer evidence to be taken;

investigative material to be produced;

bank statement to be produced; or

any other documents or other articles to be produced, for the purposes of investigating a criminal matter and a proceeding of a criminal matter.

Where the Central Authority receives from the appropriate authority of a specified country or specified organization,–

any evidence taken, and where such evidence is in relation to computer evidence, being certified as a true copy by any judicial authority or the appropriate authority, such evidence;

investigative material, bank statement produced, any other document or other article produced in such specified country or specified organization, duly authenticated under section 21, shall be admissible in any proceeding to which such request relates.

Any information received under this section shall not be used for any purpose other than the criminal matter specified in such request, without the written consent of such appropriate authority.”.