CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 200
Power to require attendance of witnesses and production of documents
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 200
Power to require attendance of witnesses and production of documents
200 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
Review Council for the purpose of giving evidence, or
(b) to produce to the
Review Council 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 proceeding of the Review Council,
at a time, date and
place specified in the instrument.
(2) A judicial member may require a person
who appears before the Review Council 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 Review Council at an inquiry, the Review Council 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 Review Council at an inquiry 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.
