OMBUDSMAN ACT 1973 - SECT 18F Power to take evidence on oath or affirmation
OMBUDSMAN ACT 1973 - SECT 18F
Power to take evidence on oath or affirmation(1) This section applies to a compulsory appearance or a voluntary appearance.
(2) The Ombudsman may require a person attending an investigation of the Ombudsman, whether in accordance with a witness summons or otherwise, to give evidence or answer questions on oath or affirmation.
(3) The Ombudsman, or a member of the Ombudsman's staff who is authorised to do so by the Ombudsman, may administer an oath or affirmation to a person for the purposes of subsection (2).
(4) This section does not apply to a voluntary appearance of a child witness under section 18O.
S. 18G inserted by No. 82/2012 s. 234, substituted by No. 2/2019 s. 163.