By Daniel Urbas ( September 27, 2018, 9:01 AM EDT) -- Search warrants treat data like spoiling fish and impose detention limits including regular, post-seizure oversight by the courts. Articles 132 and 133 of Quebec’s Code of Penal Procedure (CPP) combine to limit detention of seized devices to 180 days. The investigating authority may apply for an extension provided it does so within the 180 days and proves that further detention is necessary due to (a) the complexity of the evidence or (b) the difficulty of examining the devices seized. In such applications to extend detention, the legality of the seizure is not in question....