Section 286.461 - Carriers, access to records; admissibility of evidence in criminal prosecution.

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 188 of 1965

286.461 Carriers, access to records; admissibility of evidence in criminal prosecution.

Sec. 11.

For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act, carriers engaged in intrastate commerce, and persons receiving hazardous or banned substances in intrastate commerce or holding hazardous or banned substances so received, upon the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the administrator, shall permit the officer or employee, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in intrastate commerce of any hazardous or banned substance, or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper and consignee thereof; and it is unlawful for any carrier or person to fail to permit access to and copying of any record so requested when the request is accompanied by a statement in writing specifying the nature or kind of such hazardous or banned substance to which such request relates. Evidence obtained under this section shall not be used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained. Carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of this act by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding or delivery of hazardous or banned substances in the usual course of business as carriers.


History: 1965, Act 188, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 152, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967