Private investigator licensing in Macau
No. Macau has no specific private investigator licence.
Macau has no law that licenses private investigators, as far as could be found. Law No. 4/2007 licenses private security only: guarding property, access control, close protection, alarm monitoring and cash transport (Art. 4), with a permit (alvará) from the Chief Executive (Art. 6). Security firms may not do anything reserved to judicial or police authorities, in particular any kind of criminal investigation (Art. 5(1)), and may not combine security with other business (Art. 3(1)(4)). Investigation as such is not a licensed activity, though personal data protection and secrecy law apply.3
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No. Macau has no specific private investigator licence. Macau has no law that licenses private investigators, as far as could be found. Law No. 4/2007 licenses private security only: guarding property, access control, close protection, alarm monitoring and cash transport (Art. 4), with a permit (alvará) from the Chief Executive (Art. 6). Security firms may not do anything reserved to judicial or police authorities, in particular any kind of criminal investigation (Art. 5(1)), and may not combine security with other business (Art. 3(1)(4)). Investigation as such is not a licensed activity, though personal data protection and secrecy law apply.
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