32Power to call for witnesses and documents etc.S
(1)The Commissioner may for the purposes of an investigation under section 22(2)(b)(i) require any person, whether in or outwith Scotland—
(a)to attend the Commissioner's proceedings for the purpose of giving evidence,
(b)to produce documents in the person's custody or under the person's control.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is to be taken to comply with a requirement to produce a document if that person produces a copy of, or an extract of the relevant part of, the document.
(3)The Commissioner may not impose such a requirement on any person who the Parliament could not require, under section 23 of the Scotland Act 1998, to attend its proceedings for the purpose of giving evidence or to produce documents.
(4)A statement made by a person in answer to a question which that person was obliged under this section to answer is not admissible in any criminal proceedings against that person, except where the proceedings are in respect of perjury relating to that statement.
Commencement Information
I1S. 32 in force at 12.3.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/73, reg. 2