Lands Commission (Amendment) Act 1905 (NSW)
Case
No judgment structure available for this case.
Act No. 11, 1905.
A n Act to further e x t e n d the powers of the
Commiss ioner under the Lands Commiss ion
Act , 1905; to amend and e x t e n d the said A c t ; to provide that the Commiss ioner shall
he a Court of Record, that proceed ings there in shall be legal proceedings , and that the Crown shall be a party to such proceed i n g s ; and for purposes consequent thereon
or incidental thereto . [25th August, 1905.]
| BE i t | t h e | a d v i c e | a n d | c o n s e n t | of | t h e | L e g i s l a t i v e | C o u n c i l | a n d | L e g i s l a t i v e |
e n a c t e d b y t h e K i n g ' s M o s t E x c e l l e n t M a j e s t y , b y a n d w i t h
| A s s e m b l y | of | N e w | S o u t h | W a l e s | i n | P a r l i a m e n t | a s s e m b l e d , | a n d | by | t h e |
| a u t h o r i t y | of | t h e | s a m e , | as | f o l l o w s : — |
1. T h i s A c t m a y b e c i t e d a s t h e ' • L a n d s C o m m i s s i o n ( A m e n d
| m e n t ) | A c t , | 1 9 0 5 . " |
I t s h a l l b e c o n s t r u e d w i t h t h e L a n d s C o m m i s s i o n A c t , 1 9 0 5 . 2 . I n t h i s A c t , u n l e s s t h e c o n t e x t r e q u i r e s a n o t h e r m e a n i n g , —
" C o m m i s s i o n e r " m e a n s C o m m i s s i o n e r m e n t i o n e d i n t h e P r i n c i p a l A c t ,
" P l a c e " i n c l u d e s a n y p l a c e i n o r o u t of a n y e n c l o s e d b u i l d i n g or
p r e m i s e s , w h e t h e r u p o n l a n d o r w a t e r .
" P r i n c i p a l A c t " m e a n s L a n d s C o m m i s s i o n A c t , 1 9 0 5 . " P r o p e r t y " i n c l u d e s e v e r y d e s c r i p t i o n of p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y ,
k e y s , b o x e s , sa fes , b o o k s , d o c u m e n t s , m o n e y , b a n k n o t e s , d e b e n t u r e s , b o n d s , d e e d s , b i l l s , n o t e s , c h e q u e s , w a r r a n t s , a n d
a n y o r d e r o r s e c u r i t y for m o n e y or for t h e p a y m e n t of
m o n e y o r a n y i n s t r u m e n t of t i t l e t o l a n d .
3 . T h e C o m m i s s i o n e r s h a l l b e a c o u r t of r e c o r d , a n d p r o c e e d i n g s
| i n | a n y | i n q u i r y | b e f o r e | t h e | C o m m i s s i o n e r | s h a l l | for | a l l | p u r p o s e s | b e |
| d e e m e d | t o | b e | l e g a l | p r o c e e d i n g s . |
T h e C r o w n s h a l l fo r a l l p u r p o s e s b e d e e m e d to b e a p a r t y t o
| t h e | p r o c e e d i n g s | a f o r e s a i d . |
4. (1) T h e C o m m i s s i o n e r m a y —
(a) s u m m o n a n y p e r s o n t o a t t e n d a n d p r o d u c e a n y p r o p e r t y w h i c h , i n t h e o p i n i o n of t h e C o m m i s s i o n e r , m a y b e of
a s s i s t a n c e to h i m in c o n d u c t i n g t h e i n q u i r y ;
(b ) p u n i s h for c o n t e m p t a n y p e r s o n d i s o b e y i n g a n y s u m m o n s or
(2 ) P r o v i d e d t h a t —
(a) a n y p e r s o n r e q u i r e d t o p r o d u c e a n y p r o p e r t y s h a l l bo e n t i t l e d
t o b e h e a r d in o p p o s i t i o n t o s u c h p r o d u c t i o n ; ( b ) t h e C o m m i s s i o n e r s h a l l , if r e q u e s t e d , p r i v a t e l y e x a m i n e s u c h
p r o p e r t y i n o r d e r t o d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r i t is r e l e v a n t t o t h e i n q u i r y ;
(c) n o p e r s o n s h a l l be p u n i s h e d u n d e r t h i s s e c t i o n for c o n t e m p t
w i t h o u t b e i n g afforded a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o b e h e a r d i n h i s d e f e n c e . 5. I f flic C o m m i s s i o n e r c o n s i d e r s t h a t t h e p r o d u c t i o n of a n y
p r o p e r t y is a m a t t e r of u r g e n c y , o r if a f t e r s u m m o n s i s s u e d a s a f o r e
sa id t h e p r o p e r t y is n o t p r o d u c e d i n p u r s u a n c e t he reo f , h e m a y g r a n t a w a r r a n t t o a n y p e r s o n a u t h o r i s i n g h i m to s e a r c h for a n d p r o d u c e
s u c h p r o p e r t y .
6. A n y p e r s o n t o w h o m s u c h w a r r a n t is g r a n t e d , if so d i r e c t e d
b y s u c h w a r r a n t , a n d w i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e of s u c h o t h e r p e r s o n s a s h e
m a y d e e m n e c e s s a r y , m a y —
(a ) e n t e r a n y p l a c e e i t h e r b y d a y or n i g h t a n d s e a r c h t h e s a m e ;
(b ) u s e force for t h e p u r p o s e of e f f e c t i n g s u c h e n t r y a n d for
m a k i n g s u c h s e a r c h ;
(c) c o n v e y a n y p r o p e r t y f o u n d in o r u p o n s u c h p l a c e be fo re t h e
C o m m i s s i o n e r , o r g u a r d t h e s a m e u p o n t h e s p o t , o r o t h e r w i s e
d i spose of t h e s a m e in s o m e p l a c e of s a f e t y .
7. T h e C o m m i s s i o n e r m a y d e a l w i t h a n y p r o p e r t y p r o d u c e d i n
p u r s u a n c e of a s u m m o n s or o r d e r to p r o d u c e , o r i n p u r s u a n c e of a
s e a r c h w a r r a n t , i n s u c h w a y a s he m a y d e e m a d v i s a b l e for t h e p u r p o s e s
of t h e i n q u i r y .
8. T h e C o m m i s s i o n e r m a y o r d e r fo rce t o b e u s e d t o o p e n a n y
r e c e p t a c l e of p r o p e r t y w h i c h is n o w o r m a y h e r e a f t e r b e i n h i s
pos se s s ion , c u s t o d y , o r c o n t r o l : P r o v i d e d t h a t , o n t h e r e q u e s t of
t h e o w n e r o r h i s a t t o r n e y , s u c h o w n e r o r a t t o r n e y , o r s u c h o t h e r
p e r s o n a s t h e C o m m i s s i o n e r m a y a p p r o v e , s h a l l b e a f forded a r e a s o n a b l e
o p p o r t u n i t y of b e i n g p r e s e n t w h e n s u c h r e c e p t a c l e is o p e n e d .
9. A n y s u m m o n s p u r p o r t i n g t o h a v e b e e n i s s u e d u n d e r t h e
h a n d of t h e C o m m i s s i o n e r s h a l l b e d e e m e d t o b e a g o o d s u m m o n s a n d
t o h a v e b e e n d u l y i s s u e d .
10. N o t h i n g i n t h i s A c t s h a l l l i m i t t h e p o w e r s of t a k i n g
Actions
Download as PDF
Download as Word Document
Cases Citing This Decision
0
Cases Cited
0
Statutory Material Cited
0