Section 596FCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Court may give directions about examination

(1) Subject to section 597, the Court may at any time give one or more of the following:

(a) a direction about the matters to be inquired into at an examination;

(b) a direction about the procedure to be followed at an examination;

(c) a direction about who may be present at an examination while it is being held in private;

(d) a direction that a person be excluded from an examination, even while it is being held in public;

(e) a direction about access to records of the examination;

(f) a direction prohibiting publication or communication of information about the examination (including questions asked, and answers given, at the examination);

(g) a direction that a document that relates to the examination and was created at the examination be destroyed.

(2) The Court may give a direction under paragraph (1)(e), (f) or (g) in relation to all or part of an examination even if the examination, or that part, was held in public.

(3) A person must not contravene a direction under subsection (1).

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

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