Power to require persons to attend to answer questions or produce documents or other things
122 Power to require persons to attend to answer questions or produce documents or other things
An authorised officer may, by notice in writing, require either or both of the following—
the attendance of any person at any place to answer questions at an inquiry for the purposes of an investigation,
the production of any documents or other things required by the authorised officer for the purposes of the investigation.
At any such inquiry, the authorised officer—
is not bound by the rules of evidence, and
may conduct the inquiry without regard to legal forms, and
may inform himself or herself in such manner as the officer thinks fit.
At any such inquiry, the authorised officer may administer an oath or require any statement to be verified by statutory declaration.
This section does not apply to investigations under section 114 (1) (a) or (2).
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