CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 186
Power to require attendance of witnesses and production of documents
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 186
Power to require attendance of witnesses and production of documents
186 Power to require attendance of witnesses and production of documents
(1)
A judicial member may, by instrument in writing, require any person on whom
the instrument is served personally or by post--
(a) to appear before the
Parole Authority for the purpose of giving evidence, or
(b) to produce to the
Parole Authority any document (including a document in the custody or under
the control of the person and in the possession of or the property of the
Crown) that is relevant to any proceedings of the Parole Authority,
at a time,
date and place specified in the instrument.
(2) A judicial member may require
a person who appears before the Parole Authority to be sworn for the purpose
of giving evidence on oath and may administer an oath accordingly.
(3) If a
document is produced to the Parole Authority, the Parole Authority may take
possession of the document for such period as it considers necessary for the
purposes of the proceedings before it.
(4) This section does not require a
person to produce to the Parole Authority any document the production of which
the Minister certifies in writing--
(a) may endanger an offender or any other
person, or
(b) may otherwise be contrary to the public interest.
