s 110 Power of auditors appointed by Authority
110.—(1) An auditor appointed by the Authority under section 109 may, for the purpose of carrying out an examination and audit of the books of a holder of a capital markets services licence —(a) examine, on oath or affirmation, any officer, employee or agent of the holder or any other auditor appointed under this Act in relation to those books; (b) require any officer, employee or agent of the holder, or any other auditor appointed under this Act, to produce any of the books held by or on behalf of the holder relating to its business, and to make copies of or take extracts from, or retain possession of, such books for such period as is necessary to enable them to be inspected; (c) require any approved exchange, licensed trade repository, approved clearing house or recognised clearing house to produce any of the books kept by it, or any information in its possession, relating to the business of the holder; (d) employ such persons as he or she considers necessary to assist him or her in carrying out the examination and audit; and (e) authorise in writing any person employed by him or her to do, in relation to the examination and audit, any act or thing that he or she could do as an auditor under this subsection, other than the examination of any person on oath or affirmation.[34/2012; 4/2017] (2) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to answer any question put to the person, or fails to comply with any request made to the person, by an auditor appointed under section 109 or a person authorised under subsection (1)(e), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.