Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
Board may summon witnesses
For the determination of any subject under consideration, the Board shall have the powers which a Sessions Court has to summon witnesses, to cause oaths and affirmations to be administered to them, to examine them and to call for the production of documents.
(2)
A summons for the attendance of a witness or for the production of any book, documents or record before the Board shall be signed and issued by the Chairman of the Board, and shall be served in the same manner as a summons for the attendance of a witness at a criminal trial.
(3)
Any person summoned to give evidence or to produce any book, documents or record or giving evidence before the Board shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities as if he were
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summoned to attend or were giving evidence at a trial in a Sessions
Court and may be allowed by the Board any reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by him in so attending.
[Am. Act 92, s. 111.]
(4)
Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to attend in obedience to such summons, or, subject to subsection (3), fails to answer fully to the best of his knowledge any question relevant to the matter under investigation, or when required fails to produce any book, document or record as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence:
Penalty, imprisonment for three months and a fine of five hundred ringgit.
Appeal from determination of Board