New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION ACT 1985 - SECT 17

17 Power to obtain documents and things

(1) A member may, by notice in writing served on a person, require the person:

(a) to attend, at a time and place specified in the notice, before a person specified in the notice, being a member of the Commission or a member of the staff of the Commission, and

(b) to produce at that time and place to the person so specified a document or thing specified in the notice, being a document or thing that is relevant to an investigation.

(2) A notice may be issued under this section in relation to an investigation whether or not a hearing before the Commission is being held for the purposes of the investigation.

(2A) A notice under this section may provide that the requirement 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.

(2B) A notice under this section may require the immediate production of a document or thing if the member who issues the notice believes on reasonable grounds that delay in the production of the document may result in:

(a) its destruction, removal or concealment, or

(b) serious prejudice to the conduct of an investigation.

(3) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a notice served on the person under this section.

Penalty: 10 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.