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Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950
sec.7Duty of witness to continue in attendance
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### sec.7 Duty of witness to continue in attendance
Every person who has attended before a commission pursuant to a summons shall thereafter appear and report from day to day unless excused by the chairperson of the commission until the person is released from further attendance by the chairperson.
If any person as aforesaid without being so excused, fails to so appear and report the person shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to have failed to attend before the commission in obedience to the summons.
s 7 amd 1987 No. 59 s 9
(sec.7-ssec.1) Every person who has attended before a commission pursuant to a summons shall thereafter appear and report from day to day unless excused by the chairperson of the commission until the person is released from further attendance by the chairperson.
(sec.7-ssec.2) If any person as aforesaid without being so excused, fails to so appear and report the person shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to have failed to attend before the commission in obedience to the summons.