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NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2022 - SECT 88

Applying for orders to deliver travel documents

  (1)   The Commissioner may apply to a Judge of the Federal Court for an order that a person deliver a travel document to the Commissioner if:

  (a)   either of the following apply:

  (i)   a summons has been issued requiring the person to attend a hearing (whether or not the summons has been served);

  (ii)   the person has appeared at a hearing to give evidence or to produce documents or things; and

  (b)   there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person may be able:

  (i)   to give evidence, or further evidence, that is relevant to the corruption investigation concerned; or

  (ii)   to produce documents or things, or further documents or things, that are relevant to the investigation concerned; and

  (c)   there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has a travel document and intends to leave Australia.

  (2)   Each of the following is a travel document :

  (a)   an Australian travel document that has been issued to the person;

  (b)   a passport or other travel document that has been issued to the person by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country.

  (3)   The Commissioner must give the Judge information on oath, or by affirmation, in support of the grounds for the application.



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