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(a) order the prescribed person to whom the certificate relates to comply with the requirement of the inspector within such period as is fixed by the Court; or (b) if the Court is satisfied that that person failed without lawful authority to comply with the requirement of the inspector, punish him in the same manger as if he had beca guilty of contempt of court.
128. (1) An inspector may cause notes of an examination made by him under this Part to be recorded in writing and be read to or by the person examined and may require that person to sign the notes and, subject to this section, notes signed by that person may be used in evidence in any legal proceedings against that person.
(2) A copy of the notes signed by a person shall be furnished without charge to that person upon request made by him in writing.
(3) Notes made under this section that relate to a question the answer to which a person has claimed might tend to incrim- inate him shall not be used as evidence in criminal proceedings other than proceedings under section 127(6) or in relation to a charge of perjury in respect of the answer.
(4) Nothing in this section affects or limits the admissibility of other written evidence or of oral evidence.
(5) The Commission may give a copy of notes made under this section to a solicitor or counsel who satisfies the Commission that he is acting for a person who is conducting or is, in good faith, contemplating legal proceedings in respect of matters required to be investigated by the inspector, being affairs in- vestigated by an inspector under this Part.
(6) A solicitor or counsel to whom a copy of notes is given under subsection (5) shall not use the notes except in connexion with the institution or preparation of, and in the course of, legal proceedings and shall not disclose for any other purpose the notes or any part of the contents of them to any person.
(7) Any solicitor or counsel who contravenes subsection (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000.
(8) Where a report is made under section 130 any notes recorded under this section relating to that report shall be furnished with the report.
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129, (1) An inspector may by instrument in writing-
Delegation of powers,
(a) delegate all or any of his powers or functions under this steby
Part except this power of delegation, the power to inspector. administer an oath, and the power to examine on oath: and
(6) vary or revoke a delegation given by him.
(2) A power or function delegated by an inspector may be exercised or performed by the delegate in accordance with the instrument of delegation as in force from time to time.
(3) A delegate shall, at the request of a prescribed person. produce the instrument of delegation for inspection.
(4) A delegation under this section by an inspector of a power or function does not prevent the exercise of the power or the performance of the function by the inspector.
130. (1) On completion of an investigation under section 127. Report of the inspector shall report his findings to the Commission and shall inspector. deliver a copy of the report to the Attorney General.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Commission shall give a copy of the inspector's report to the prescribed person whose affairs were investigated by the inspector.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Commission shall not give a report to a prescribed person if the Attorney General believes that legal proceedings that have been, or that in its opinion might bc. instituted might be prejudiced by the report.
(4) The court before which legal proceedings are brought against a prescribed person for or in respect of matters dealt with in a report under this section may order that a copy of the report be given to that person.
(5) The Commission may, if it is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to do so, cause the whole or any part of a report under this section to be printed and published.
(6) If, from a report under this section, it appears to the Alturmey General that an offence may have been committed by a person and that a prosecution ought to be instituted, the Attorney General shall cause a prosecution to be instituted.
(7) Where it appears to the Attorney General that a prosecu tion ought to be instituted, he may, by notice in writing given before or after the institution of a prosecution in accordance with
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