34. Commission may retain document

The Commission may take, and retain for as long as is necessary, possession of a document produced or given under this Act.

The person who should have been entitled to possession of the document is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by the Commission to be a true copy.

Notwithstanding any other written law, the certified copy of the document referred to in subsection (2) shall be received as evidence by all courts and tribunals as if it were the original.

Until a certified copy is supplied, the Commission shall, at such times and places as the Commission thinks appropriate, permit the person who should have been entitled to possession of the document, or a person authorized by that person, to inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.