2.—(1) The Minister hereby exempts, from section 5 of the Act, any person who carries on the business of a private investigator exclusively by one or more of the following acts:| (a) | searching for information, by whatever means, on the World Wide Web through the Internet; | | (b) | obtaining information or securing evidence from any Internet website which —| (i) | is accessible to members of the public; or | | (ii) | he is authorised to access. |
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(2) Paragraph (1) shall not extend to searching for information, obtaining information or securing evidence by or through —| (a) | electronic mail; | | (b) | any facility where persons can communicate with each other in real time through text messages (commonly known as a chat room) or other similar interactive facility; or | | (c) | any facility where persons can post articles, letters or entries for discussion or comment (commonly known as a discussion forum) or other similar interactive facility. |
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