Section 72Part 12 — Anti-competitive practices
Powers when conducting investigations
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72. (1) For the purposes of an investigation under section 71, the Office may, by notice in writing, require any person to produce to it a specified document, or to provide it with specified information, which it considers relates to any matter relevant to the investigation.
A notice under subsection (1) shall indicate —
the subject matter and purpose of the investigation; and
the nature of the alleged offence to which the investigation relates.
In subsection (1) — “specified” means —
specified, or described, in the notice; or
falling within a category which is specified, or described, in the notice.
The Office may also specify in the notice — Utility Regulation and Competition Act (2024 Revision) Section 73 c Revised as at 31st December, 2023 Page 51
the time and place at which any document is to be produced or any information is to be provided; and
the manner and form in which the document is to be produced or the information is to be provided.
The power under this section to require a person to produce a document includes a power —
where the document is produced —
to take copies of it or extracts from it; and employee of that person, to provide an explanation of the document; or
to require that person or anyone who is a present or past officer or
where the document is not produced, to require the person to verify by affidavit, or state on oath, where, to the best of that person’s knowledge, information and belief, the document is or may be found.