Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 75B

75B Power to require immediate production

(1) The presiding officer at a commission hearing may require a witness at the hearing to immediately produce a stated document or thing that the presiding officer believes, on reasonable grounds, is—

(a) in the witness’s possession; and

(b) relevant to the investigation.

Note—

For a reasonable excuse for not producing the document or thing, see section 185 for a crime investigation or intelligence function hearing and section 188 for a corruption investigation.

(2) The presiding officer may adjourn the hearing to allow the person to comply with the requirement.

(3) The person does not, by complying with the requirement—

(a) contravene a provision of an Act or a law imposing a statutory or commercial obligation or restriction to maintain secrecy in relation to the document or thing; or

(b) incur any civil liability in relation to the document or thing.