Section 11Part 0 —
Duty of witnesses summoned
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All persons summoned to attend and give evidence or to produce books, plans or documents, at any sitting of any such Commission, shall be bound to obey the summons served upon them as fully in all respects as witnesses are bound to obey subpoenas issued from the Grand Court, and shall be entitled to the like expenses as if they had been summoned to attend the Grand Court on a criminal trial, if the same are allowed by the Commissioners, but the Commissioners may disallow the whole or any part of such expenses in any case, if they think fit. Orders for the payment of such witnesses shall be made as nearly as may be as orders are made for the payment of witnesses at the Grand Court, and shall be paid at such time and in such manner as the Governor may direct. Every person refusing or omitting, without sufficient cause, to attend at the time and place mentioned in the summons served on him, and every person attending, but leaving the Commission without the permission of the Commissioners, or refusing, without sufficient cause, to answer or to answer fully and satisfactorily to the best of his knowledge and belief, all questions put to him by or with the concurrence of the Commissioners, or refusing or omitting without sufficient cause to produce any books, plans or documents in his possession, or under his control, and mentioned or referred to in the summons served on him, and every person who, at any sitting of the Commission, wilfully insults any Commissioner, or the Secretary, or wilfully interrupts the proceedings of the Commission is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of sixty dollars, and in default of payment to imprisonment for three months.