Chapter:	213	Title:	PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	45	Heading:	Power of Director of Social Welfare to require persons to attend inquiry	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) The Director of Social Welfare may from time to time hold any such inquiry as he may consider necessary to enable him to exercise the powers vested in him by this Ordinance or by any regulations and by notice in writing under his hand may require any person to attend such inquiry and to give evidence.
(2) Any person who-

(a) on service of such notice, does not appear at the time and place therein mentioned; or
(b) fails without lawful excuse to produce all documents in his custody, possession or power, or to answer truthfully all questions which the Director of Social Welfare may put to him, relating to the matter under inquiry; or
(c) having any child or juvenile in his custody or control and being required by the Director of Social Welfare to produce him, without lawful excuse refuses or neglects to comply with such requirement,