Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Commission, an
authorised officer or a member of the Police Force may for the purposes of
this Act —
(a)
seize and detain, or make extracts from or copies of, any books or other
material evidence found during the course of the exercise of a power conferred
by this Act; and
(b)
require a person found in any premises entered, or in the immediate vicinity
of those premises and suspected of having at a material time been in the
premises, to —
(i)
answer any question put to him or to give or cause to be
given any information, in so far as he appears to be in a position to provide
material information; or
(ii)
to produce or cause to be produced, for inspection, any
books or other material evidence in his possession or apparent control,
to the extent that the
person is capable of complying with the requirement.
(1a) Where the
Commission, an authorised officer or a member of the Police Force believes on
reasonable grounds that any answer given or any information or evidence given
or produced, or caused to be given or produced, by a person under subsection
(1)(b) is false, the Commission, authorised officer or member may require the
person to verify the answer, information or evidence by statutory declaration
or in any other manner that is reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) In subsection (1),
material evidence means evidence which in the opinion of the person exercising
the power is likely to be relevant to the investigation of a suspected offence
under this Act or to the function of the Commission.
[Section 26 amended: No. 24 of 1998 s. 40.]