Section 37

(1)

For the purposes of this Act the Commissioner Power~o~the and an arbitrator shall have all the powers of a magistrate ;ro~~~f~nn

for the summoning and examination of witnesses and the arbitrator administration of oaths or affirmations and for compelling

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Commissioner and an arbitrator shall be a civil court for all the purposes of section 132 and of Chapter XXXII of the

Criminal Procedure Code.

(2)

The Commissioner or an arbitrator shall make a brief memorandum of the substance of the evidence of ev·

ery witness as the examination of the witness proceeds, and such memorandum shall be signed by the Commissioner or the arbitrator with his own hand and shall form part of the record:

Provided that the evidence of any medical witness shall be taken down as nearly as may be word for word.

(3)

Any person who in any way wilfully obstructs the service of or obedience to any summons and any person summoned who neglects to attend and to produce docu·

ments as required in such summons and any person who commits in respect of such inquiry any offence described in

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Chapter X of the Penal Code shall be punishable on convic-tion as provided in that Chapter.

(4)

Every person who gives evidence before the

Commissioner or an arbitrator shall be bound to answer truthfully all questions put to him by the Commissioner or the arbitrator and any person who wilfully makes any false statement or who gives any evidence in any inquiry under this Act which he knows to be untrue, or who does any

other act, which if done in a judicial proceeding would be

......._,, punishable under Chapter XI of the Penal Code, shall be punishable on conviction as provided in that Chapter. No evidence taken under this Act shall be admissible in any criminal proceeding against the person who gave such evi·

dence except when such person is charged with an offence under Chapter X or XI of the Penal Code.

(5)

Every arbitrator shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code.

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