The final TPP text includes similar <i>ex-officio</i> language to a TPP draft reviewed in a 2013 analysis of fanzine impact, by a Japanese lawyer, <a href="http://japanitlaw.blogspot.com/2013/01/tpps-effect-on-fanzine-environment.html" rel="nofollow">http://japanitlaw.blogspot.com/2013/01/tpps-effect-on-fanzin...</a>, <i>"in practice, it is rare for the police to commence an investigation without a complaint by the rights holder. However, this situation may change. The draft of the request of the US on Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) 15.5(g) stipulates, "its authorities may initiate legal action ex officio with respect to the offenses described in this Chapter, without the need for a formal complaint by a private party or rights holder."</i><p>We need these texts in a git repo with diffs. In QQ.H.7 below, the text is modified:<p><pre><code> 2011: its authorities may initiate legal action ex-officio
with respect to the offenses described in this Chapter
2015: its competent authorities may act upon their
own initiative to initiate a legal action
</code></pre>
The final text:<p><pre><code> QQ.H.6 Special Requirements related to Border Measures
6. Each Party shall provide that its competent
authorities may initiate border measures
ex officio with respect to goods under customs
control that are:
(a) imported;
(b) destined for export; or
(c) in-transit
and that are suspected of being counterfeit
trademark goods, or pirated copyright goods.
... A Party may exclude from the application
of this Article small quantities of goods of a
non-commercial nature contained in travelers'
personal luggage.
QQ.H.7 Criminal Procedures and Penalties
6. (g) that its competent authorities may act upon
their own initiative to initiate a legal action
without the need for a formal complaint by a
private party or right holder
</code></pre>
From <a href="http://www.freezenet.ca/an-analysis-of-the-latest-tpp-leak/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freezenet.ca/an-analysis-of-the-latest-tpp-leak/</a><p><i>"Parsing through the language here, it sounds like if the government chooses to, they may elect to make an exception for your cell phone, but the agreement does not prohibit this kind of activity. Even then, even if the government thinks that seizing and destroying your cell phone on the basis of copyright infringement is absurd, they can only say that your cell phone has to be in your luggage. For many travelers, they would prefer to have their cell phone on their person as opposed to buried in their luggage in, say, the undercarriage of a plane. When they land on the other side, it’s not unreasonable for them to want to call someone to let them know that they have arrived. If a traveler is driving across a border, it is definitely a common thing for passengers to be carrying a cell phone on their person as well. So, the risk of authorities seizing and destroying your cellphone on the basis of copyright infringement still stands here."</i>