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JUDICIAL MISBEHAVIOUR AND INCAPACITY (PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONS) ACT 2012 - SECT 41

Powers of Commission in relation to documents or other things

  (1)   A Commission, a member , or a person authorised in writing by the presiding member , may:

  (a)   inspect any documents or other things produced before, or delivered to, the Commission; and

  (b)   retain the documents or things as long as reasonably necessary for the Commission ' s investigation ; and

  (c)   copy matter that is contained in such a document a nd is relevant to the Commission ' s investigation.

  (2)   If the retention of a document or other thing by the Commission ceases to be reasonably necessary for the Commission ' s in vestigation , the Commission must, if a person who appears to the Commission to be entitled to the document or thing requests, cause the document or thing to be delivered to that person.

  (3)   Subsection   ( 2) does not limit subsection   39 ( 2 ).



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