Employment Agencies Order, 2004 · As enacted
Section 23
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
For the purposes of holding inquiries under section 25 and of investigating into allegations of failure to comply with any provision of this Order or of any regulations made thereunder, the Commissioner may summon before him the licensee or any person whom he considers capq.ble of giving information respecting the affairs of an employment agency and the Commissioner may require the licensee or person to produce any document in his custody or power relating to that employment agency.
Commissioner
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under subsection (1) of section 3 of the Labour Act;
The Commissioner may examine on oath, either orally or by written interrogation, any person summoned to appear before him under subsection (1).
A person summoned shall be bound to attend at the time and place mentioned in the summons and shall be bound to answer truthfully all questions put to him by the Commissioner and shall produce all documents required to be produced by him.
No answer which a person is legally bound to give under subsection (3)
shall be proved against him in any criminal proceedings except in a prosecution for giving false evidence by such answer.
Any person who fails to comply with subsection (3) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a nne not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both.
Maintenance of records.
Terms defined in s 2
Commissioner
Defined · s 2"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under subsection (1) of section 3 of the Labour Act;
employment agency
Defined · s 2"employment agency" means any agency or registry carried on or represented as being or intended to be carried on (whether for the purpose of gain or reward or not) for or in connection with the employment of persons in any capacity, and includes any registry set up by an employer for the sole purpose of recruiting persons for employment on his own behalf;