- (c) to admit or exclude the public or any member of the public from the inquiry;
- (d) to admit or exclude the press from the inquiry;
- (e) to award any person summoned to attend the inquiry such sum or sums as in the opinion of the Council may have been reasonably expended by him by reason of his attendance.
(2) Summonses to witnesses may be in such form as may be prescribed and shall be signed by the Chairman.
Penalty for failure to give evidence. 22. Any person who being summoned to attend as a witness or to produce a book, document or any other thing at an inquiry under section 20 refuses or neglects to do so or to answer any question put to him by or with the concurrence of the Council shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months:
Provided that no person shall be bound to incriminate himself and every witness shall, in respect of any evidence given by him before the Council, be entitled to the privileges to which he would be entitled if giving evidence before a court of justice.
Appearance of counsel, etc. 23. The complainant in any inquiry under section 20 and person whose conduct is the subject of such inquiry shall be entitled to be represented by counsel or by a solicitor throughout the inquiry.
Orders of the Council. 24. (1) A copy of any order made under subsection (1) of section 20 shall be served forthwith by the Registrar upon the registered medical practitioner concerned, either personally or by registered post addressed to his registered address.
(2) The Registrar shall not erase or remove the name of the registered medical practitioner from the register before the expiry of one month after the date of service of the order of the Council on the person concerned and in the case of an appeal shall await the decision of the Full Court.
(3) Any person whose name has been removed or erased from the register under section 18 or under subsection (1) of section 20 may apply to the Council for the restoration of his name to the