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Offences - panel inquiry
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23. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 43A (inserted by section 22):
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“Offences - panel inquiry
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43B. (1) A person commits an offence where he or she—
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(a) on being summoned to attend before a panel for the purpose of an inquiry under section 43, fails to attend,
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(b) in attendance as a witness before a panel under section 43, refuses—
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(i) to take an oath lawfully required by the panel to be taken,
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(ii) to produce any document in his or her power or control lawfully required by the panel to be produced by him or her, or
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(iii) to answer any question to which the panel may lawfully require an answer,
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or
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(c) in attendance before a panel, does anything which, if the panel were a court of law having power to commit for contempt, would be contempt of court.
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(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a class C fine.”.
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