Copyright Act 1994

Enforcement officers - Other powers of enforcement officers

134Y: Judge may order documents to be produced

You could also call this:

"A judge can order someone to show important papers to help solve a crime."

You can ask a District Court Judge to make someone show documents. The Judge can do this if they think the documents will help investigate a crime against sections like 131, 198, or 226C. The Judge can order the person to show the documents to an enforcement officer. You need to follow the rules when the Judge makes an order. The order must say when and where the documents are to be shown. It must also say which enforcement officer will look at the documents. The Judge can add other conditions to the order if they want to. This means the Judge has some flexibility when making the order.

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134X: Enforcement officer may apply for production order, or

"Enforcement officers can ask to see documents to investigate a crime"

134Z: Powers of enforcement officer to whom documents produced, or

"What an enforcement officer can do with documents they are shown"

Part 6AEnforcement officers
Other powers of enforcement officers

134YJudge may order documents to be produced

If an application is made under section 134X and the District Court Judge is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person in respect of whom the order is sought has in that person's possession, custody, or control, 1 or more documents that are evidence of, or may be of significant relevance to the investigation of, an offence against any of sections 131, 198, or 226C, the District Court Judge may order the person to produce those documents for inspection by an enforcement officer.
An order under subsection (1)—
must be in the prescribed form (if any); and
must specify—
1. when the documents are to be produced for inspection; and
2. the place where the documents are to be produced for inspection; and
3. the enforcement officer to whom the documents are to be produced for inspection; and
may be subject to any further terms and conditions the District Court Judge thinks fit.

Notes

Section 134Y: inserted, on 7 October 2011, by section 6 of the Copyright Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 72).