LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 24
LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 24
24—Powers with respect to witnesses and evidence
(1) The Court may
exercise any of the following powers:
(a) by
summons, require any person to attend before the Court at a time and place
specified in the summons to give evidence relevant to proceedings before the
Court;
(b) by
summons, require the production of records;
(c)
inspect records, and take copies of, or extracts from, them;
(d)
require any person to take an oath or affirmation verifying evidence given, or
to be given, before the Court;
(e)
require any person appearing before it to answer a question put by the Court
or some person appearing before the Court.
(1a) If the Court
requires the attendance before it of any person who is held in custody in the
State, the Court may—
(a)
issue a summons requiring the custodian to produce that person before the
Court at a nominated time and place; or
(b)
issue a warrant authorising the sheriff, or a police officer, to take the
person from the custodian and bring him or her before the Court.
(2) A person
who—
(a)
having been served with a summons to attend before the Court fails, without
reasonable excuse, to attend in obedience to the summons; or
(b)
having been served with a summons to produce records fails, without reasonable
excuse, to comply with the summons; or
(ba)
misbehaves before the Court, wilfully insults the Court, or wilfully
interrupts the proceedings of the Court; or
(c)
refuses to be sworn or to affirm, or to answer a relevant question when
required to do so by the Court,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
(3) A summons may be
issued on behalf of the Court, on the application of any party to proceedings
before the Court, by—
(a) a
Judge.