Clause 101

by deleting the words “in relation to any offence under this Act, on declaration of his office and production to the person against whom he is acting such identification card as the Chief Executive may direct to be carried by inspectors or authorised persons —” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “for the purposes of investigating any offence or contravention of a provision of this Act which may result in disciplinary action, do all or any of the following:”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “offence” in subsection (1)(a), the words “or contravention”;

by deleting the word “book” wherever it appears in subsection (1)(b) and substituting in each case the word “record”;

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (1)(b);

by deleting the words “officer or employee” in subsection (1)(c) and substituting the words “inspector or authorised person”;

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(d)examine orally any person who appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of matters under this Act —

whether before or after that person or anyone else is charged with an offence, or disciplinary proceedings are commenced, in connection with the matter; and

whether or not that person is to be called as a witness in any inquiry, trial or disciplinary proceedings in connection with the matter.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) Any person examined under this section shall be bound to state truly what he knows of the facts and circumstances concerning matters under this Act, except that he need not say anything that might expose him to a criminal charge, penalty or forfeiture.(1B) A statement made by any person examined under this section shall —

be reduced to writing;

be read over to him;

if he does not understand English, be interpreted for him in a language that he understands; and

after correction, if necessary, be signed by him.(1C) If any person fails to attend as required by an order under subsection (1)(c), the inspector or authorised person may report such failure to a Magistrate who may thereupon issue a warrant to secure the attendance of that person as required by the order.”; and

by deleting the word “book” in subsection (2)(a) and substituting the word “record”.