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757. Court may make order in relation to default in production of books or documents, etc.

(1) The court may make any order or give any direction it thinks fit if -

(a) an officer or agent of a company or related body corporate under investigation or a person referred to in section 754 refuses or fails within a reasonable time to -

(i) produce to the inspectors any book or document that it is that person's duty under sections 753 to 755 to produce;

(ii) attend before the inspectors when required to do so; or

(iii) answer a question put to that person by the inspectors with respect to the affairs of the company or other body corporate as the case may be;

(b) the inspectors have certified the refusal or failure to the court in a certificate signed by them; and

(c) the court has taken the steps set out in subsection (2).

(2) The court may make an order or give a direction under subsection (1) if the court has -

(a) enquired into the case;

(b) heard any witnesses who may be produced against or on behalf of the person alleged to be in default; and

(c) heard any statement made in

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