Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2
(1) For the purpose of an inquiry under section 16 the Disciplinary Committee may, subject to subsection (4)-
(a) hear and examine witnesses on oath;
(b) summon any person to attend the inquiry to give evidence or produce any document or other thing in his possession and examine him as a witness or require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession.
(2) A summons under subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form and shall be signed by the chairman.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), any person who-
(a) being summoned under subsection (1) to attend any inquiry to give evidence or to produce any document or other thing in his possession, refuses or neglects to do so; or
(b) being examined under subsection (1) as a witness by or before the Disciplinary Committee, refuses or neglects to answer any question put to him by or with the concurrence of the Disciplinary Committee, or to produce any document or other thing in his possession when required to do so,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(4) Any person who appears as a witness before the Disciplinary Committee shall be entitled to the same privileges in respect of the giving of evidence and the production of any document and other thing as he would be entitled to if appearing as a witness in civil proceedings before the Court of First Instance. (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)
(5) Any person who-
(a) behaves in an insulting manner or uses any threatening or insulting expression to or in the presence of the Disciplinary Committee; or
(b) wilfully disrupts the proceedings of the Disciplinary Committee,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500 and to imprisonment for 3 months.