Singapore legislation
Regulation 13
Regulation 13
Power to summon witnesses and take evidence
Subregulation 1
The person or persons appointed by the Minister to preside at the hearing or public inquiry may —
by summons require any person to attend at such time and place as is specified in the summons to give evidence or to produce any document, electronic record or other thing in his custody or under his control which relates to the subject of the hearing or public inquiry; and
take evidence on oath or may, instead of administering an oath, require the person examined to make and subscribe a declaration of the truth of the matter respecting which he is examined.
Subregulation 2
Any person who —
refuses or wilfully neglects to attend in obedience to a summons under these Rules, or to give evidence; or
wilfully alters, suppresses, conceals, destroys or refuses to produce any document, electronic record or other thing which he may be required to produce for the purposes of these Rules,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.