POWERS UNDER ACT
“Inquisitorial,” Says Chief Justice “It makes one indignant to sec a power like this taken,” said the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers), in the Supreme Court, Wellington, yesterday, commenting on the clauses of the Finance Act (No. 3), 1943, which give the Treasury, Controller and Auditor-General, the right to inspect and examine the books of persons having contracts with the Government.
“Here a law draughtsman or the Audi-tor-General drafts a clause of an inquisitorial nature, which, on your construction, gives the Auditor-General or Controller the right to go into any firm, and demand it to produce its books,” his Honour proceeded. “You won't get me, or any Court, to interpret these powers so widely. It is the duty of the Court to protect that freedom which we prate about so much, and for which the United Nations are fighting. A limitation could quite easily fie stated by the law draughtsman.”
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 237, 4 July 1944, Page 4
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153POWERS UNDER ACT Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 237, 4 July 1944, Page 4
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