Private investigator licensing in Timor-Leste
No. Timor-Leste has no specific private investigator licence.
Timor-Leste has no law that licenses private investigators. Decree-Law No. 32/2014 regulates private security, which it defines as guarding property and people, controlling entry to buildings and venues, and transporting cash and valuables (Art. 2); investigation is not listed. Private security firms may not carry out functions reserved to the courts, police or other state bodies (Art. 4), and they report to the National Directorate for the Security of Public Property (DNSPP). No official source says whether investigation can be run as an ordinary business.1
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No. Timor-Leste has no specific private investigator licence. Timor-Leste has no law that licenses private investigators. Decree-Law No. 32/2014 regulates private security, which it defines as guarding property and people, controlling entry to buildings and venues, and transporting cash and valuables (Art. 2); investigation is not listed. Private security firms may not carry out functions reserved to the courts, police or other state bodies (Art. 4), and they report to the National Directorate for the Security of Public Property (DNSPP). No official source says whether investigation can be run as an ordinary business.
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