Immigration Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
39. Power to summon witnesses, etc.
Feedback & supportThe Controller may, for the purpose of any inquiry under this Act, summon and examine witnesses on oath or affirmation, and may require the production of documents relevant to the inquiry.
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Immigration appointed under section 3;
Any person summoned as a witness under subsection (1) who, without reasonable excuse, fails to attend at the time and place mentioned in the summons, or who, having attended, refuses to answer any question that may lawfully be put to him or her or to produce any document which it is in his or her power to produce, shall be guilty of an offence.
document
“document” includes —(a)any endorsement;(b)any paper or other material where there is writing;(c)any paper or other material on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations that are —(i)capable of being given a meaning by persons qualified to interpret them; or(ii)capable of being responded to by a computer, a machine or an electronic device;(d)any article or material from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device; or(e)any electronic record;