Section 39
Power to summon witnesses etc.
ActIn forceProvision 36 of 61
Section 39
(1)
The Controller may, for the purpose of any inquiry or appeal under this Act, summon and examine witnesses on oath or affirmation, and may require the production of documents relevant to the inquiry or appeal.
(2)
Any person summoned as a witness under the provisions of subsection (1) who —
(a)
without reasonable excuse fails to attend at the time and place mentioned in the summons; or
(b)
having attended, refuses to answer any question that may lawfully be put to him or to produce any document which it is in his power to produce, is guilty of an offence.