(a) to attend at a time and place,
and before an officer of the Commission, specified in the notice, and
(b) to
produce at that time and place to that officer a document or thing specified
in the notice, being a document or thing that is relevant to an investigation.
(2) The production notice may provide that the requirement may be satisfied by
some other person acting on behalf of the person on whom it was imposed and
may, but need not, specify the person or class of persons who may so act.
(3)
A requirement to produce a document that is in electronic form, or to make any
such document available for inspection, includes a requirement to produce, or
make available, a hard copy form of the document, including the generation of
reports or the extraction of data.
(5) The Commission may examine
and take extracts or copies from a deposited document.
(6) A document or
thing produced in accordance with a production notice may be retained and
dealt with as if it were a thing referred to in section 18.
(8) A production notice may require the immediate production
of a document or thing if the executive officer who issues the notice believes
on reasonable grounds that delay in the production of the document or thing
may result in--
(a) its destruction, removal or concealment, or
(b) serious
prejudice to the conduct of an investigation.
(9) A person must not, without
reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a production notice served on
the person.
: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months,
or both.
