Power of Court to obtain information and documents

(1) Where, (a) any investigations are being conducted by the Court pursuant to section 11 of this Act; and (b) the Court has reason to believe that a person is capable of furnishing information (in this section referred to as “relevant documents”), relevant to such investigations, the Court Protection Against Sexual 12 may, by notice in writing served on that person, require the person, at such place and within such time as are specified in the notice; (c) to furnish to the Court, by writing signed by the person, such relevant information as is specified in the notice; or (d) to produce to the Court such relevant documents as are specified in the notice. (2) Where documents are produced to the Court in accordance with a requirement under subsection (1) of this section, the Court, (a) may take possession of, and make copies of, or take extracts from, the documents; (b) may retain possession of the documents for such period as is necessary for the purposes of the inquiry to which the documents relate; and (c) during that period, shall permit a person who would be entitled to inspect any one or more of the documents if they were not in the possession of the Court, to inspect at all reasonable times such documents as that person would be entitled to inspect.