Source: http://www.cc.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=110&lang=en
Timestamp: 2017-08-19 14:51:33
Document Index: 342769375

Matched Legal Cases: ['§28', '§30', '§33', '§34', '§35', '§38', '§39']

§28 of the Act states that the functions and powers of the Commission are to: (a) initiate proceedings and make orders; (b) conduct studies for promoting competition; (c) conduct enquiries; (d) give advice to any undertaking which has asked for it in relation to the consistency of its proposed actions in relation to the law; (e) engage in competition advocacy; and (f) take all other actions necessary for implementing the Act.
§30 establishes rules for proceedings in case of contravention, stipulating that before making an order the Commission shall: (a) give notice of its intention stating reasons; and (b) give the undertaking(s) involved an opportunity to be heard and to bring before the Commission facts and material in support of its (their) contention.
§33 establishes that the Commission shall, for the purpose of a proceeding or enquiry, have the same powers as are vested in a civil court for: (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness, (b) discovery and production of any document as evidence, (c) accepting evidence on affidavits, (d) requisitioning of any public record form any court or office, and (e) issuing of a commission for the examination of any witness or document. Any proceeding before the Commission shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding and the Commission shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of offences relating to documents given in evidence.
§34 grants the Commission the power to enter and search premises and should any undertaking refuse without any reasonable grounds, §35 grants the power of forcible entry.
§38 empowers the Commission to direct any undertaking or individual to pay by way of penalty a sum specified in an order, if it determines that such an undertaking or individual has been found to have engaged in any prohibited activity, has failed to comply with an order of the Commission, has failed to supply documents and information to the Commission, or has furnished any document or information believed to be false, inaccurate or that knowingly and negatively interferes in the work of the Commission.
§39 permits the Commission to be lenient and impose a lesser penalty on an undertaking that is alleged to have violated the law if it has made a full and true disclosure in respect of the alleged violation. There is also a possibility of a full exemption. Leniency is possible only for the first undertaking that makes a full disclosure. The Commission, though, may revoke leniency in case of failure to comply with the leniency conditions or false evidence.