MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 - SECT 34Q Retaining produced documents
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 - SECT 34Q
Retaining produced documents(1) An authorised officer who takes possession of a document under a production order made in respect of a foreign serious offence may retain the document pending a written direction from the Attorney - General as to how to deal with the document.
(2) Directions from the Attorney - General may include a
direction that the document be sent to an authority of the foreign country
that requested assistance in respect of the foreign serious offence.