Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
182.
Court order
In
connection with an investigation pursuant to section 181, the Court may make
any order it considers appropriate, including an order—
a. to investigate;
b. appointing an
inspector, who may be the Registrar, fixing the remuneration of an inspector
and replacing an inspector;
c. determining the
notice to be given to any interested person or dispensing with notice to that
person;
d. authorising an
inspector to enter any premises in which the Court is satisfied there might be
relevant information, and to examine anything and make copies of any document
or record found on the premises;
e. requiring any person
to produce documents or records to the inspector;
f. authorising an
inspector to conduct a hearing, administer oaths and examine any person on
oath, and prescribing rules for the conduct of the hearing;
g. requiring any person
to attend a hearing conducted by an inspector and to give evidence on oath;
h. giving directives to
an inspector or any interested person on any matter arising in the
investigation;
i. requiring an
inspector to make an interim or final report to the Court and to the Registrar;
j. determining whether a
report of an inspector made pursuant to paragraph (i) should be published and,
where published, ordering the Registrar to publish the report in whole or in
part or to send copies to any person the court designates;
k. requiring an
inspector to discontinue an investigation; or
l. requiring the society
or a person who applied pursuant to section 162 for an order to pay the costs
of the investigation.