Section 2
SEC. 2. Section three of said Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and sixty-eight is hereby amended to read as follows : "SEC. 3. The Director and Assistant Director of the Bureau of Labor shall have power to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum within the territory of the Philippine Islands: Provided, however, That a person shall not be compelled to appear if summoned to appear in a municipality other than the one in which the subpoena is issued. They shall be empowered, further, to receive and take affidavits and the testimony of witnesses and experts when they deem it necessary for the proper compliance with the obligations mentioned in section two of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. "The appearance or testimony of an absent or contumacious witness may be secured by petition to the municipal court, justice of the peace court, or Court of First Instance. "Any person voluntarily or maliciously swearing or testimony, fying falsely on any material point in an investigation conducted in accordance with this Act by the Director or Assistant Director of Labor shall be liable to the penalty provided by existing law for perjury. "Any person obstructing or resisting the Director of Labor or his deputies in the performance of their duties deputies, prescribed by law shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than three hundred pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court."