The amendment bill also requires that cellphone owners must inform the service provider when they pass on their phone or SIM card to someone outside their immediate family.
Family members are defined as biologically, statutorily, customarily or religiously connected to a person. They can include a life partner or a caregiver in the case of an orphan.
While the aim is to crack down on crime, the information that must be kept by providers does not include content, but the origin and destination of communication, the phone used and its location at the time, and the duration of the call.
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