Section 7

A summons for the attendance of a witness or for the production of any book, document 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.

Any person summoned to give evidence or to produce any book, document or record, or giving evidence before the Board, shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities as if he were summoned to attend to give or were giving evidence at a trial in a

Court of a Magistrate of the First Class and may be allowed by the

Board any reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by him in so attending.

Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to attend in obedience to such summons, or, subject to the provisions of 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.

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