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No.
of 2013]
Medicines and Allied Substances
computer system or electronic device;
(ii) reproduce any record from the data; or
(iii) seize any output from the computer or electronic
device for examination and copying; and
(i) attach and, if necessary, remove from the premises for
examination and safeguarding any document, record,
book or article that has a bearing on an inspection or
investigation.
(5) An inspector who removes any document, book, record or
article from any premises under subsection (4) shall—
(a) issue a receipt for the document, book, record or article to
the owner of, or person in control of, the premises; and
(b) return the document, book, record or article as soon as
practicable after achieving the purpose for which it was
removed.
(6) A person who—
(a) delays, assaults, threatens or obstructs an inspector in the
performance of the inspector’s functions;
(b) refuses to give an inspector such reasonable assistance
as the inspector may require for the purpose of
exercising the inspector’s powers;
(c) gives an inspector false or misleading information in answer
to an inquiry made by the inspector; or
(d) impersonates an inspector or presents oneself to be an
inspector;
commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not
exceeding five hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment
for a period not exceeding two years, or to both.
(7) An inspector shall furnish the Authority with a written report
and any other information relating to an inspection, as the Authority
may require.
(8) Nothing in this section requires a person to disclose or produce
information or a document, if the person would in an action in a
court be entitled to refuse to disclose or produce the information or
document.