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PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PRICING ACT 1981 No. 117, 1981 - SECT 29

Refusal to be sworn or to answer questions

29. A person appearing as a witness at an inquiry shall not, without
reasonable excuse-

   (a)  refuse or fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation;

   (b)  refuse or fail to answer a question that he is required to answer by
        the Commissioner or an associate Commissioner appointed for the
        purposes of the inquiry; or

   (c)  refuse or fail to produce a document that he was required to produce
        by a summons under this Act served on him.

Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 3 months. 


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