Section 13
Procedure on appearance
If an owner or occupier of land who is required to show cause as aforesaid attends in person, or by any representative referred to in section 12, at the time and place stated in the notice, the Land Administrator shall—
(a)
inform such owner or occupier or representative, as the case may be, of the grounds on which the notice was issued;
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(b)
in the presence of such owner or occupier or representative, make any enquiry and take and record any evidence which the Land Administrator thinks necessary as to the facts and circumstances of the case;
(c)
hear and record the statement (if any) of such owner or occupier or representative; and
(d)
take and record the evidence of all persons attending at the instance of such owner or occupier or representative whom such owner or occupier or representative desires to examine.
(2)
For the purpose of carrying out this section the Land
Administrator shall have the same powers of summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses and of compelling the production of documents and of adjourning proceedings from time to time as the Court of a Magistrate has in civil suits.