44Show cause procedure

44 Show cause procedure

(1)  If the Commissioner considers that a person has or may have done an act so as to be guilty of contempt, the Commissioner may, by notice served on that person, call on that person to show cause why the Commissioner should not certify the contempt to the Supreme Court under section 46 .

(2)  A person on whom a notice to show cause is served may do all or any of the following in support of the person's case:

(a) make oral or written submissions to the Commissioner;

(b) give evidence to the Commissioner, including the giving of oral evidence under examination by the person's counsel;

(c) call witnesses.

(3)  For the purposes of subsection (2) , the person called on to show cause may be represented by counsel as of right.