23Notice to produce document or statement

23 Notice to produce document or statement

[Section 23 Substituted by No. 4 of 2021, s. 17, Applied:01 Mar 2021]

(1)  A Commission may, by notice served on a person, require the person to –

(a) prepare a document for or statement to the Commission, or a person designated by the Commission, containing the information known by the person in respect of the matter specified in the notice; and

(b) give the document or statement so prepared to a person by the time, and at the place or in the manner, specified in the notice.

(2)  A Commission must not require a person to prepare a document or statement under subsection (1) if that person has been charged with an offence in respect of the matter to which the document or statement relates.

(3)  Subsection (2) does not apply if the charge has been finally disposed of.

(4)  A notice under this section served by the Commission on a person may form, but is not required to form, part of a notice served under section 22 by that Commission on that person.