Clause 44

by deleting the word “Labour” in the 3rd, 12th, 16th and penultimate lines of subsection (1) and substituting in each case the word “Manpower”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “summons” in the 21st line of subsection (1), the words “to furnish information or documents, produce any article or give statements”;

by deleting the words “, and any person who commits, in respect of any such inquiry or complaint, any offence described in Chapter X of the Penal Code, shall be punished as provided in that Chapter” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “shall be guilty of an offence”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) The Commissioner or inspecting officer shall have the power to report any failure by such person to attend as required by a summons under subsection (2) to a Magistrate, who may thereupon issue a warrant to secure the attendance of that person as required by the summons.”.