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PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 109

PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 109

109 .         Minister etc. may require information to be furnished etc.

        (1)         Where the Minister or an inspector has reason to believe that a person is capable of giving information or producing documents relating to petroleum exploration operations or operations for the recovery of petroleum in the State, or to geothermal energy resources exploration operations or operations for the recovery of geothermal energy in the State, he may, by instrument in writing served on that person, require that person —

            (a)         to furnish to him, in writing, within the period and in the manner specified in the instrument, any such information; or

            (b)         to attend before him or a person specified in the instrument, at such time and place as is so specified and there to answer questions relating to those operations and to produce such documents relating to those operations as are so specified.

        (2)         A person is not excused from furnishing information, answering a question or producing a document when required to do so under this section on the ground that the information so furnished, the answer to the question or the production of the document might tend to incriminate him or make him liable to a penalty.

        (3)         However, any information furnished, answer given or document produced pursuant to the requirement, and any information or thing (including any document) obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of the furnishing of the information, the answering of the question or the production of the document, as the case may be, is not admissible in any civil proceedings or in any criminal proceedings other than proceedings for an offence against section 111.

        [Section 109 amended: No. 35 of 2007 s. 68; No. 42 of 2010 s. 50.]