South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL ASSETS CONFISCATION ACT 2005 (NO 19 OF 2005) - SECT 192

192—Access to documents

        (1)         The Administrator, or another person authorised in writing by the Administrator to exercise powers under this section, for the purpose of—

            (a)         ensuring that all controlled property is under the Administrator’s custody and control; or

            (b)         ensuring the effective exercise of the Administrator’s powers or the performance of the Administrator’s duties, under this Division in relation to the controlled property,

may, by notice in writing, require—

            (c)         the suspect in relation to a restraining order covering the controlled property; or

            (d)         any other person entitled to, or claiming an interest in, the controlled property,

to produce specified documents in the possession of the person—

            (e)         to a specified person; and

            (f)         at a specified place, and within a specified period or at a specified time on a specified day, being a place, and a period or a time and day, that are reasonable in the circumstances.

        (2)         If documents are produced under subsection (1), the Administrator, or other person making the requirement, or the person to whom the documents are produced may—

            (a)         make copies of, or take extracts from, the documents; and

            (b)         require—

                  (i)         the person required to produce the documents; or

                  (ii)         any other person who was a party to the compilation of the documents,

to explain any matter relating to the documents, or the compilation of the documents.

        (3)         If documents required under subsection (1) to be produced are not produced, the Administrator, or other person making the requirement, or the person to whom the documents are required to be produced, may require the person required to produce the documents to state—

            (a)         where the documents may be found; and

            (b)         who last had possession, custody or control of the documents and where that person may be found.

        (4)         A person who refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.

        (5)         A person who obstructs or hinders a person in the exercise of a power under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.

        (6)         The production of documents under this section does not prejudice a lien that a person has on the documents.