Solo Mara who was ambassador to the United States at the time of the alleged offences has two cases before the courts.
On Wednesday, his lawyer Devanesh Sharma indicated to the court his client would seek the application after the conclusion of evidence of anti-corruption commission's digital forensic investigator Aporosa Vuinakelo.
Mr Vuinakelo told the court he had been tasked to assist the team obtain electronic evidence from Mr Mara's house under the execution of a search warrant.
The court heard that when the first search warrant was executed on 23 January this year, Mr Mara acknowledged and understood the search, but refused to reveal the password to his personal email account after consulting with his lawyer.
Mara has two cases before the courts.
Naivakarurubalavu Solo Mara Photo: Fiji Govt
For the first case, he is charged by the anti-corruption commission with one count each of disobedience of lawful order and giving false or misleading information.
In the second case, Mara is facing charges of obtaining a financial advantage and causing a loss.
Mara, who is currently on bail, is alleged to have caused payments to be made to himself from the Washington Embassy funds amounting to almost $US19,000 between September 2016 and October 2017.
The Fiji Times reported that in court on Wednesday, anti-corruption investigator Vuinakelo said Mara gave the team a password which was passed on to the forensic office to digitally extract information using the password to Mara's personal email account.
