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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987
34QRetaining produced documents
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#### 34Q Retaining produced documents
(1) An authorised officer who takes possession of a document under a production order made in respect of a foreign serious offence may retain the document pending a written direction from the Attorney‑General as to how to deal with the document.
(2) Directions from the Attorney‑General may include a direction that the document be sent to an authority of the foreign country that requested assistance in respect of the foreign serious offence.