ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1917 - SECT 10
ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1917 - SECT 10
The commission shall have the following powers, that is to say:
(a) they
and each of them may by themselves, or by any person appointed by them to
prosecute an inquiry, enter upon and inspect any land, building, place, or
vessel, and inspect any goods and other things, the entry upon or inspection
of which appears to them or him to be requisite;
(b) they
may require, by summons under the hand of the chairman or of the secretary
acting under the direction of the chairman, the attendance of all such persons
as they think fit to call before them, and may require answers or returns to
such inquiries as they think fit to make;
(c) they
may require, by summons under the hand of the chairman or of the secretary
acting under the direction of the chairman, the production of any books,
papers, documents or records;
(d) they
may inspect any books, papers, documents and records produced before them, and
retain them for such reasonable periods as they think fit, and may make copies
of such matters therein as are relevant to the inquiry or take extracts of
such matters;
(e) they
may examine witnesses on oath, affirmation, or declaration, which may be
administered by any commissioner.