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721 Production and inspection of books where offence suspected.E+W+S
(1)The following applies if on an application made—
(a)in England and Wales, to a judge of the High Court by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Secretary of State or a chief officer of police, or
(b)in Scotland, to one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary by the Lord Advocate,
there is shown to be reasonable cause to believe that any person has, while an officer of a company, committed an offence in connection with the management of the company’s affairs and that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found in any books or papers of or under the control of the company.
(2)An order may be made—
(a)authorising any person named in it to inspect the books or papers in question, or any of them, for the purpose of investigating and obtaining evidence of the offence, or
(b)requiring the secretary of the company or such other officer of it as may be named in the order to produce the books or papers (or any of them) to a person named in the order at a place so named.
(3)The above applies also in relation to any books or papers of a person carrying on the business of banking so far as they relate to the company’s affairs, as it applies to any books or papers of or under the control of the company, except that no such order as is referred to in subsection (2)(b) shall be made by virtue of this subsection.
(4)The decision of a judge of the High Court or of any of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary on an application under this section is not appealable.
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