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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1983 - SECT 13 Director may request assistance of Commissioner of Police

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1983 - SECT 13

Director may request assistance of Commissioner of Police

    Where the Director:

  (a)   is considering instituting, taking over or carrying on, or has instituted or taken over, or is carrying on, a prosecution for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth; and

  (b)   is of the opinion that a matter connected with, or arising out of, the offence requires further investigation;

the Director may, by instrument in writing, request the Commissioner of Police of the Australian Federal Police for the assistance of the Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police or AFP employees (within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ) in the investigation of that matter, and where the Director so requests, the Commissioner shall, so far as practicable, comply with the request.