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#### 8 Information gathering (Chapter 3)
(1) Chapter 3 sets out 5 ways to obtain information:
(a) examining any person about the affairs of people covered by examination orders (see Part 3‑1); and
(b) requiring people, under production orders, to produce property‑tracking documents or make them available for inspection (see Part 3‑2); and
(c) requiring financial institutions to provide information and documents relating to accounts and transactions (see Part 3‑3); and
(d) requiring financial institutions, under monitoring orders, to provide information about transactions over particular periods (see Part 3‑4); and
(e) searching for and seizing tainted property or evidential material, either under search warrants or in relation to conveyances (see Part 3‑5).
(2) Chapter 3 also authorises the disclosure, to certain authorities for certain purposes, of information obtained under that Chapter or certain other provisions (see Part 3‑6).