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(4) The Commission may also specify in the notice—

(a) the time and place at which any document is to be produced or any information is to be provided; and

(b) the manner and form in which any document is to be produced or any information is to be provided.

(5) The power under this section to require a person to produce a document includes power—

(a) if the document is produced—

(i) to make copies of it or to take extracts from it; or

(ii) to require that person or any other person who is a present or past employee or partner of that person, or was at any time employed by that person, to give an explanation of or further particulars about the document;

(b) if the document is not produced, to require that person to state, to the best of the person’s knowledge and belief, where it is.

(6) The power under this section to require a person to provide specified information includes power—

(a) in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the production of a copy of the information in a visible and legible form or in a form from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form; and

(b) to require the provision of instruction on the operation of equipment containing information stored electronically.

(7) In this section—

“specified” (指明) means—

(a) specified, or described, in the notice; or

(b) falling within a category that is specified, or described, in the notice.

42. Persons may be required to attend before Commission

(1) For the purpose of conducting an investigation, the Commission may, by notice in writing, require any person to attend before the Commission, at a time and place specified in the notice, to answer questions relating to any matter it reasonably believes to be relevant to the investigation.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) must indicate—

(a) the subject matter and purpose of the investigation; and

(b) the nature of the offences created by section 52 (Failure to comply with requirement or prohibition), section 53 (Destroying or falsifying documents) and section 55 (Providing false or misleading documents or information).