Powers of entry, search and seizure Section 20: Power to require production of documents etc.
This section enables a police or customs officer, when acting in accordance with a power of search conferred by sections 15 to 18, to require any person in the vehicle or vessel or on the premises to produce any document or record that is in the person's possession or control. The power is restricted to circumstances in which the officer thinks that such a document may aid understanding as to whether a relevant offence, as defined under section 14(4), has been committed or the investigation of a relevant offence. The power is defined so as to extend to requiring a person to produce information held in electronic form, for example on a computer, so that it can be read.