Section 13A

The person referred to in subsection (1) shall be bound to answer all questions relating to the case put to him by the Controller or any other Riverine Transport Officer:

Provided that the person may refuse to answer any question to which would have a tendency to expose him to a criminal charge, penalty or forfeiture.

A person making a statement under this section shall be legally bound to state the truth, whether or not the statement is made wholly or partly in answer to questions.

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The Controller or any other Riverine Transport Officer in examining a person under subsection (1) shall first inform the person of the provisions of subsections (2) and (3).

A statement made by a person under this section shall, whenever possible, be reduced into writing and signed by the person making it or affixed with his thumb-print, as the case may be, after it has been read to him in the language in which he made it and after he has been given an opportunity to make any corrections he may wish, and the Controller or any other Riverine Transport Officer shall endorse thereon under his hand the fact of the refusal and the reason for it, if any, as stated by the person examined.

[Ins. Cap. A80.]