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The Commissioners 2033%/58 shall have the following Powers of powers-- Commissioners. (a) to procure and receive all such evidence written or oral, and to examine all such persons as witnesses as the Commissioners may think it necessary or desirable to procure or examine; (b) to require the evidence (whether written or oral) of any witness to be made on oath or affirmation (such oath or affirmation to be that which be required of witness if he were giving evidence in the High Court) or by statutory declaration; (c) to summon any person in the F'ederation, or, in the case of a Commission issued by the i ot Goлemhr u Cye Staes to auralln ay state, itne 'any meeting of the 1.13358* No. 27 OF 199 Commissioners to give evidence or produce any document or other thing in his possession and to examine him as a witness or require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession; (d) to issue a warrant of arrest to compel the attendance of any person who, after having been summoned to attend, tails to do so, and does not excuse such failure to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and to order him to pay all costs which may have been occasioned in compelling • his attendance or by reason of his refusal to obey the summons, and also to fine such person a sum not exceeding fifty dollars; (e) to fine in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars any person.who, being required by the Commissioners to give evidence on affirmation or to produce a document or other thing, refuses to do so and does not excuse refusal to the satisfaction of the Commissioners; (J) notwithstanding the provisions of any written evidence, innetoer wdenen to ram, anh evidence, might be inadmissible in civil or criminal proceedings; (9) subject to any direction contained in the Commission- (i) to admit or exclude the public from the enquiry or any part thereof; (ii) to admit or exclude the press from the enquiry or any part thereof; of this Ordinance, such sums as in the opinion of the Commissioners may have been reasonably incurred by him by reason of such attendance. Interpreters. . T Commissioners shall have the power to appoint any person, whether in the service of Government or not, to act as interpreter in any matter brought before them and to translate any books, papers or writings produced to them. COMMISSIONS OF ENQUIRY. (2) Any interpreter appointed under this section shall make and subscribe before the Commissioners the following affirmation: "I......do solemnly declare and affirm that I will faithfully perform the duties of interpreter and will truly interpret the questions put and the answers given by witnesses and also statements madeby the Commissioners and will truly translate or explain and transcribe all documents entrusted to me for such purpose to the best of myabılty, and that I will not except as authorised by the Commissioners directly or indirectly reveal the contents of such documents as may be entrusted to me, nor the evidence given by witnesses which may have been interpreted by me"