Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)Chapter 8 : General Provisions82. Inquiries |
| (2) | For the purposes of an inquiry contemplated in subsection (1), the Minister may appoint one or more persons, including a chairperson, as a committee to conduct the inquiry. |
| (3) | A committee contemplated in subsection (2) may— |
| (a) | order any person who in its opinion may be able to give information of material importance concerning the subject of the inquiry, or who is believed to have in his or her possession or custody or control, any register, book, document or thing which may have a bearing on that subject, to appear before the committee with such register, book, document or thing; |
| (b) | call upon, and administer an oath to, or accept an affirmation from any person present at the inquiry, whether he or she has been or could have been ordered in terms of paragraph (a); |
| (c) | interrogate or require any person who has been called upon in terms of paragraph (b) to produce a register, book, document or thing referred to in paragraph (a). |
| (4) | An order for the attendance before a committee shall be in the form determined by that committee, and shall be signed by the chairperson. |
| (5) | The law relating to privilege as applicable to a person to give evidence or produce a register, book, document or thing before a court of law, shall be applicable in respect of the interrogation of, or production of a register, book, document or thing by, a person referred to in subsection (3). |