Cap. 273 ст. 6Summoning of witnesses and administration of oaths.

(1) Every Board to which this Act applies shall have power, exercisable through its chairman or deputy chairman as the case may be, or by the person constituting the Board -

(a) to summon witnesses;

(b) to administer an oath to any witness and to any person concerned in the inquiry, and require them to give evidence and to produce documents in their possession or under their custody in such circumstances as they could be required to give evidence or produce documents before a court of law.

(2) Summonses for attendance of witnesses may be in the form set out in the Schedule to this Act or in such other form as may be appropriate to the case, and shall be signed by the chairman or secretary of the Board or, as the case may require, by the person constituting the Board.

(3) A summons may be served either by hand or by post. Where it is served by hand it shall be sufficient to prove service by evidence that the summons was left with a person over the age of sixteen years at the place of residence or of business of the person summoned; and if served by post it shall be sufficient to prove service by evidence that the summons was properly addressed and posted. belief all questions put to him by or with the concurrence of the Board, or refuses or fails, without sufficient cause, to produce any document he was required to produce by or with the concurrence of the Board, shall be liable on conviction to a fine (multa) not exceeding one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents (1,164.69) or to imprisonment not exceeding three months, or to both fine and imprisonment: Provided that, without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subarticle (1)(b), no person giving evidence before a Board may be compelled to incriminate himself, and every such person shall, in respect of any evidence given by him before a Board, be entitled to the same privileges to which a witness giving evidence before a court of law is entitled.

(5) No proceedings shall be commenced in respect of any offence against this article without the concurrence of the Attorney General.