CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOLICITATIONS ACT (EXCERPT) Act 169 of 1975
400.291 Investigation; appearance; order; service; contempt; oath or affirmation.
Sec. 21.
(1) The attorney general may investigate the operations or conduct of charitable organizations, professional fund raisers, or professional solicitors subject to this act. He may require a person, corporation, institution, or association, and the officers, members, and employees and agents thereof, to appear at a named time and place in the county designated by the attorney general or where the person resides or is found, to give information under oath and to produce books, memoranda, papers, records, documents of title, evidence of assets, liabilities, receipts, or disbursements in the possession or control of the person ordered to appear.
(2) When the attorney general requires the attendance of a person, he shall issue an order setting forth the time when and the place where attendance is required and shall cause the same to be served upon the person in the manner provided for service of process in civil cases at least 5 days before the date fixed for attendance. The order shall have the same force and effect as a subpoena and, upon application of the attorney general, obedience to the order may be enforced by a court having jurisdiction over the person, the circuit court for the county of Ingham, or for the county where the person receiving it resides or is found, in the same manner as though the notice were a subpoena. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey the order issued by the attorney general, the court may issue an order requiring the person to appear before the court or to produce documentary evidence, if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter in question. Failure to obey the order of the court shall be punished by that court as a contempt. The investigation may be made by or before an assistant attorney general designated in writing by the attorney general to conduct the investigation. The attorney general or the assistant attorney general acting in his behalf may administer the necessary oath or affirmation to witnesses.
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOLICITATIONS ACT (EXCERPT) Act 169 of 1975
400.291 Investigation; appearance; order; service; contempt; oath or affirmation.
Sec. 21.
(1) The attorney general may investigate the operations or conduct of charitable organizations, professional fund raisers, or professional solicitors subject to this act. He may require a person, corporation, institution, or association, and the officers, members, and employees and agents thereof, to appear at a named time and place in the county designated by the attorney general or where the person resides or is found, to give information under oath and to produce books, memoranda, papers, records, documents of title, evidence of assets, liabilities, receipts, or disbursements in the possession or control of the person ordered to appear.
(2) When the attorney general requires the attendance of a person, he shall issue an order setting forth the time when and the place where attendance is required and shall cause the same to be served upon the person in the manner provided for service of process in civil cases at least 5 days before the date fixed for attendance. The order shall have the same force and effect as a subpoena and, upon application of the attorney general, obedience to the order may be enforced by a court having jurisdiction over the person, the circuit court for the county of Ingham, or for the county where the person receiving it resides or is found, in the same manner as though the notice were a subpoena. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey the order issued by the attorney general, the court may issue an order requiring the person to appear before the court or to produce documentary evidence, if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter in question. Failure to obey the order of the court shall be punished by that court as a contempt. The investigation may be made by or before an assistant attorney general designated in writing by the attorney general to conduct the investigation. The attorney general or the assistant attorney general acting in his behalf may administer the necessary oath or affirmation to witnesses.
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOLICITATIONS ACT (EXCERPT) Act 169 of 1975
400.291 Investigation; appearance; order; service; contempt; oath or affirmation.
Sec. 21.
(1) The attorney general may investigate the operations or conduct of charitable organizations, professional fund raisers, or professional solicitors subject to this act. He may require a person, corporation, institution, or association, and the officers, members, and employees and agents thereof, to appear at a named time and place in the county designated by the attorney general or where the person resides or is found, to give information under oath and to produce books, memoranda, papers, records, documents of title, evidence of assets, liabilities, receipts, or disbursements in the possession or control of the person ordered to appear.
(2) When the attorney general requires the attendance of a person, he shall issue an order setting forth the time when and the place where attendance is required and shall cause the same to be served upon the person in the manner provided for service of process in civil cases at least 5 days before the date fixed for attendance. The order shall have the same force and effect as a subpoena and, upon application of the attorney general, obedience to the order may be enforced by a court having jurisdiction over the person, the circuit court for the county of Ingham, or for the county where the person receiving it resides or is found, in the same manner as though the notice were a subpoena. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey the order issued by the attorney general, the court may issue an order requiring the person to appear before the court or to produce documentary evidence, if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter in question. Failure to obey the order of the court shall be punished by that court as a contempt. The investigation may be made by or before an assistant attorney general designated in writing by the attorney general to conduct the investigation. The attorney general or the assistant attorney general acting in his behalf may administer the necessary oath or affirmation to witnesses.
