Public Service Commission Act, 1997 (Act No. 46 of 1997)

Rules

Rules for the Summonsing of Witnesses in Connection with Inquiries of the Public Service Commission

Annexure

Summons
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ANNEXURE

 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

 

SUMMONS

 

IN TERMS OF SECTION 10(2) OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ACT, 1997 (ACT NO. 46 OF 1997), TO APPEAR AS WITNESS AT THE INQUIRY OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

 

INTO         ..........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................(State subject of Public Service Commission's inquiry)

YOU        ...........................................................................................................................................

 (Full first name/names and surname of witness)

 

OF        ...........................................................................................................................................

(Residential address or work or business address of witness)

 

are hereby directed to appear before the Public Service Commission ("the Commission") personally at ....................................................... (venue) on the ................. day of .....................................20 ...... at  ........... (time) for the purpose of:

 

•giving oral evidence before the Commission with regard to relevant matters concerning the commission's abovementioned inquiry and being questioned about any such matters;

 

AND/OR

 

•producing the following book(s), document(s) and/or object(s)

 

LIST OF BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND/OR OBJECTS TO BE PRODUCED

Item No

Description












(delete whichever is not applicable)

 

Given under my hand at ................................................  on this .....................

 

day of .............................................,  20 ...........

 

 

                                                                                             

*CHAIRPERSON: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION / DESIGNEE OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

 

NOTE:In terms of subsection (4) of section 10 of the Public Service Commission Act, 1997, a person will commit an offence (punishable by a fine or a term of imprisonment of up to one year) if, among other things, and after having been duly summonsed under that section to attend a particular inquiry of the Commission, he or she, in disobedience of the summons and without sufficient reason—
•fails to appear before the commission on the day and at the time and place specified for that inquiry in the summons; or
•fails to remain in attendance at that inquiry until excused by the Commission; or
•fails to produce to the Commission any specified book, document or object which he or she is required by the summons so to produce.

 

 

*Delete whichever is not applicable.

 

 

RETURN OF SERVICE BY DESIGNATED OFFICIAL WHERE SUMMONS SERVED IN TERMS OF RULE 5(1) OF THE RULES FOR THE SUMMONSING OF WITNESSES IN CONNECTION WITH INQUIRIES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

I, ................................................................., the undersigned, hereby certify that I have duly served the duplicate original of this summons on the following person, viz ..............................................—

*who is the person named in the summons.
*who is not the person named in the summons, and whose age or apparent age is ............................. years.

 

I further certify that the summons was served on ..................... (date) at ............................  (time), at the following venue:

...........................................................................

 

Signed:.............................................. (designated official)
Date:..............................................
Tel No:..............................................
Fax No:..............................................

I, ......................................................, the undersigned, do hereby declare that I have received the duplicate original of this summons at .............. (time) on this ............. day of ...................................   20 ......

 

RETURN OF SERVICE BY DESIGNATED OFFICIAL WHERE SUMMONS SERVED IN TERMS OF RULE 5(2) OF THE RULES FOR THE SUMMONSING OF WITNESSES IN CONNECTION WITH INQUIRIES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

I, .............................................................................., the undersigned, hereby certify that I have served the duplicate original of this summons in terms of rule 5(2) of the Rules for the Summonsing of Witnesses in Connection with Inquiries of the Public Service Commission, by taking the following steps:

.......................................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................................

 

I further certify that this mode of service was resorted to only after having made three unsuccessful attempts, at reasonable times, viz on ................................................ (date(s)), at ................................... (times), respectively, to serve this summons in the ordinary manner in terms of rule 5(1) of those Rules.

 

Signed:.............................................. (designated official)
Date:..............................................
Tel No:..............................................
Fax No:..............................................

 

 

* Delete whichever is not applicable.