New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING ACT 1991 - SECT 41O

41O Powers of public inquirer generally

(1) A public inquirer has, for the purposes of a public inquiry, all the powers, rights and privileges that the Supreme Court (or any Judge of the Supreme Court) has in, or in relation to, any proceedings concerning each of the following matters--

(a) compelling the attendance of witnesses,

(b) compelling witnesses to answer questions that the public inquirer considers to be relevant to the public inquiry,

(c) compelling the production of documents or other things,

(d) punishing persons guilty of contempt or of disobedience of any direction, order or summons made or issued by the public inquirer.

(2) This section is in addition to, and does not limit, any other power, right or privilege conferred on a public inquirer by another provision of this Part.