New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1923 - SECT 16

16 Warrant

(1) If any person served with a summons to attend a commission as a witness fails to attend the commission in answer to the summons, the commissioner may, on proof by statutory declaration of the service of the summons, issue a warrant for the witness’s apprehension.

(2) The warrant shall authorise the apprehension of the witness and the witness’s being brought before the commission and the witness’s detention and custody for that purpose until the witness is released by order of the commissioner.

(3) The apprehension of any witness under this section shall not relieve the witness from any liability incurred by the witness by reason of the witness’s non-compliance with the summons.