Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in, any practice declared by this chapter to be unlawful, the Attorney General may, pursuant to an order of any Judge of the Superior Court or of the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor, prior to the institution of a civil or criminal proceeding against such person, issue and cause to be served upon such person, an investigative demand requiring such person to:

(1) File a statement or report in writing under oath on such forms as the Attorney General may prescribe as to all the facts and circumstances concerning the sale, lease or advertisement of merchandise by such person;

(2) Answer oral interrogatories under oath at such places and times as the Attorney General may reasonably specify as to all facts and circumstances concerning the sale, lease or advertisement of merchandise by such person; and

(3) Produce for examination the original or copy of any advertisement, merchandise or sample thereof, record, book, document, tabulation, map, chart, photograph, report, memorandum, communication, mechanical transcription, account, paper or computer record as the Attorney General may specify in the demand.

6 Del. C. 1953, § ?2514; 55 Del. Laws, c. 46; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 470, §§ ?7-10;

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2514

  • Advertisement: means the attempt by publication, dissemination, solicitation or circulation to induce, directly or indirectly, any person to enter into any obligation or acquire any title or interest in, any merchandise. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2511
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Document: means :

    a. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101

  • Examination: means inspection, study or copying. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2511
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Lease: means any lease, offer to lease or attempt to lease any merchandise for any consideration. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2511
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Merchandise: means any objects, wares, goods, commodities, intangibles, real estate or services. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2511
  • Oath: includes affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and "sworn" includes affirmed; and the forms shall be varied accordingly. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, statutory trust, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, unincorporated association, 2 or more of any of the foregoing having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2511
  • Sale: means any sale, offer for sale or attempt to sell any merchandise for any consideration. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2511
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