23 Power to call for witnesses and documents
Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c 46) | Legislation

23  Power to call for witnesses and documents

(1)     The Parliament may require any person—

(a)     to attend its proceedings for the purpose of giving evidence, or

(b)     to produce documents in his custody or under his control,

concerning any subject for which any member of the [Scottish Government] has general responsibility.

(2)     Subject to subsection (3), the Parliament may impose such a requirement on a person outside Scotland only in connection with the discharge by him of—

(a)     functions of the Scottish Administration, or

(b)     functions of a Scottish public authority or cross-border public authority, or Border rivers functions (within the meaning of section 111(4)), which concern a subject for which any member of

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