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AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION ACT 2001 - SECT 23

Examinee's lawyer may attend

  (1)   The examinee's lawyer may be present at the examination and may, at such times during it as the inspector determines:

  (a)   address the inspector; and

  (b)   examine the examinee;

about matters about which the inspector has examined the examinee.

  (2)   If, in the inspector's opinion, a person is trying to obstruct the examination by exercising rights under subsection   (1), the inspector may require the person to stop addressing the inspector, or examining the examinee, as the case requires.

Note:   Failure to comply with a requirement made under this subsection is an offence (see section   63).

  (3)   An offence under subsection   63(4) relating to subsection   (2) of this section is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .


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