(3) Her majesty's procureur may by notice in writing require
the person under investigation or any other person to produce
at a specified time and place any specified documents which appear
to Her Majesty's Procureur to relate to any matter relevant to
the -Investigation or any documents of a specified class which
appear to him so to relate and-
(a) if any such documents are produced, Her Majesty's Procureur
may-
(i) take copies or extracts from them;
(ii) require the person producing them to provide an explanation
of any of them;
(b) if any such documents are not produced, Her Majesty's
Procureur may require the person who was required to produce
them to state, to the best of his knowledge and belief, where
they are.
(9) A person shall not under this section be required to disclose
information or produce a document in respect of which he owes
an obligation of confidence by virtue of carrying on any banking
or fiduciary business unless-
(a) the person to whom the obligation of confidence is owed
consents to the disclosure or production; or
(b) Her majesty's Procureur has authorised the making of
the requirement.
The standing of the Applicants
In the case of the applicants from the Ukraine it is clear from
the affidavit evidence, the correspondence and the documentation
attached thereto that their substantive case is based on the particular
political situation in the Ukraine. They are fearful, on their case,
of the misuse for political purposes of any information divulged
by CST, reference being made in that respect to proceedings in Switzerland
where, it is alleged, information or documentation disclosed in
that jurisdiction has been broadcast for political purposes in the
Ukraine to their disadvantage in the delicate state of the present
political climate in that country.
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