(1) The Tribunal has the power to —
(a) summon a person to attend and give evidence or to produce a document before the Tribunal;
(b) subject to section 45, impose a fixed penalty specified under Schedule 4;
(c) make an Order under section 59.
(2) A person summoned under subsection (1)(a) has, in respect of his or her attendance, the giving of evidence, the disclosure of any communication or the production of any document, the same rights and privileges as a person summoned before a court of law.
(3) A person who —
(a) without sufficient cause, fails or refuses to obey a summons issued by the Tribunal;
(b) being a witness before the Tribunal, without sufficient cause —
(i) leaves the hearing without the permission of the Tribunal, or
(ii) refuses to answer any question put to him or her by or with the permission of the Tribunal; or
(c) without sufficient cause, obstructs or interrupts the hearing of the Tribunal,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(4) In all legal proceedings, a document produced under subsection (1)(a) must be received as prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements contained in the document.
(Substituted by Act 14 of 2021)