Subject to constitutional principles and specific safeguards in order to respect appropriately the sovereignty, security, public policy or other essential interests of other States, a transborder computer search for the purpose of the investigation of a serious criminal offence, to be further defined in the Convention, may be considered in exceptional cases, and in particular where there is an emergency, for example, as far as necessary to prevent the destruction or alteration of evidence of the serious offence, or to prevent the commission of an offence that is likely to result in the death of or serious physical injury to, a person.
V izjemnih primerih in ob upoštevanju ustavnih načel in posebnih zaščit za ustrezno spoštovanje suverenosti, varnosti, javne politike ali drugih bistvenih interesov drugih držav se lahko razmišlja o čezmejnem računalniškem iskanju za namene preiskave hudega kaznivega dejanja, ki naj se nadalje opredeli v Konvenciji. To pride še posebej v poštev v nujnih razmerah, na primer, v kolikor je potrebno preprečiti uničenje ali spreminjanje dokazov hudega kaznivega dejanja ali preprečiti kaznivo dejanje, ki lahko povzroči smrt ali resne telesne poškodbe osebe.