Application to Court to enter premises and inspect documents
18(1)On the application of the Supervisor, a judge of The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick may make an order, incorporating such conditions as he considers reasonable and just, authorizing the Supervisor to enter particular premises and examine documents kept therein and referred to in the Order, relating to contributions, financing, expenditures or election expenses, and make copies of such documents.
18(2)Where the Supervisor makes an application under subsection (1), the practice and procedure of The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick respecting applications applies.
18(3)Every person demanding access to documents under an order made pursuant to subsection (1) shall, on request, exhibit such order and a writing signed by the Supervisor evidencing his authority to act on behalf of the Supervisor.
18(4)Any person who obstructs the work of a person exercising the powers invested in the person by an order issued pursuant to this section commits an offence.
1979, c.41, s.95; 1990, c.61, s.111; 2017, c.28, s.6; 2023, c.17, s.198