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  1. Public Complaints and Review Commission Act - S.C. 2024, c. 25 (Section 50)

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    Marginal note:Powers

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      50 (1) The Commission may, in relation to a complaint before it,

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        (a) in the same manner and to the same extent as a superior court of record, summon and enforce the attendance of witnesses before the Commission and compel them to give oral or written evidence on oath or solemn affirmation and to produce any documents and things that the Commission considers relevant for the full investigation, hearing and consideration of the complaint;

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        (d) make any examination of records and any inquiries that the Commission considers necessary.

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      Marginal note:No excuse

      (2) A witness must not be excused from answering any question or producing any document or thing, when compelled to do so by the Commission, on the grounds that the answer or statement made in response to the question, or the document or thing given by the witness, may tend to criminate the witness or subject the witness to any criminal, civil or administrative action or proceeding.

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      (3) Subject to section 70, evidence given, or a document or thing produced, by a witness who is compelled by the Commission to give or produce it, and any evidence derived from it, may be used or received against the witness only in

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        (a) a prosecution under section 132 or 136 of the Criminal Code; or


  2. Public Complaints and Review Commission Act - S.C. 2024, c. 25 (Section 111)

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    111 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 14:

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    Marginal note:Copy of records

    14.4 As soon as feasible after completing the investigation, the President shall provide the Commission with a copy of any records in its possession relating to the investigation. The President shall also provide the Commission with a copy of any record in respect of every other lawfully authorized investigation conducted into the alleged serious incident that the Agency receives after the completion of its own investigation.

    Marginal note:Observer

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    • Marginal note:Observers are compellable

      (3) Despite subsection 11(3) of the Public Complaints and Review Commission Act, but subject to section 14.8(1), every observer is a compellable witness in every criminal, civil or administrative action or proceeding, or inquiry, in respect of any matter coming to the knowledge of the observer as a result of exercising a power or performing a duty or function under this Part.

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