The Power to Issue Subpoena; to Punish for Direct and Indirect Contempts, etc.
Section 8
SEC. 8. The Power to Issue Subpoena; to Punish for Direct and Indirect Contempts, etc.—The Court or any Judge thereof shall have the power to administer oath in matters connected with the business of the Court; summon the parties to a controversy before the Court, issue subpoena, require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of such books, papers, contracts, records, statements of accounts, agreements and statements as may be material to a just determination of the matter under investigation. Any violation of any order or decision of the Court of Agrarian Relations shall, after such order or decision has, become final, conclusive and executory, constitute contempt of court. The proceedings for contempt shall be without Prejudice to the criminal liability of the offender should his act or acts constitute a violation of any other law. The Court or any Judge thereof shall have, furthermore, all the inherent powers of a Court of Justice provided in Paragraph 5 of Rule 124 of the Rules of Court, as well as the power to punish direct and indirect contempts as provided in Rule 64 of the same Rules of Court, under the same procedure and penalties provided therein.