Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02825:body:0:p24
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summons under sub-section 30f (1) served on him as prescribed,
      refused or failed to comply with the requirement,
the Chairman may, by instrument in writing, certify the failure to attend or the refusal or failure to comply with the requirement, as the case may be, to the Court.

"(8) Where a recognized Board of a participating State or participating Territory is satisfied that—
     (a) a person served, in the manner prescribed for the purposes of a provision of a law of that State or Territory that corresponds with this section, with a summons to appear as a witness at a prescribed hearing has, without reasonable excuse, failed to attend as required by a provision of a law of that State or Territory that corresponds with paragraph (1) (a) or (b); or
     (b) a person appearing as a witness at a prescribed hearing has, without reasonable excuse—
          (i) when required pursuant to a provision of a law of that State or Territory that corresponds with sub-section 30f (2) either to take an oath or make an affirmation;
          (ii) when required by the Chairman of the recognized Board to answer a question; or
          (iii) when required to produce a document by a summons under a provision of a law of that State or Territory that corresponds with sub-section 30f (1) served on him in the manner prescribed for the purposes of a provision of a law of that State or Territory that corresponds with this section,
      refused or failed to comply with the requirement,
the Chairman of the recognized Board may, by instrument in writing, certify the failure to attend or the refusal or failure to comply with the requirement, as the case may be, to the Court.
"(9) Where a certificate is given under sub-section (7) or (8), the Court may inquire into the case and, if it is satisfied that the person to whom the certificate relates has, without reasonable excuse, failed to attend or refused or failed to comply with a requirement as mentioned in the certificate—
     (a) may order the person to attend or to comply with the requirement—
          (i) in the case of a certificate given under sub-section (7)—at a hearing; or
          (ii) in the case of a certificate given under sub-section (8) by the Chairman of a recognized Board of a participating State or participating Territory—at a prescribed hearing,
      to be held at a time and place specified in the order; or
     (b) may punish the person in the same manner as if he had been guilty of contempt of the Court and, if it thinks fit, also make an order under paragraph (a).
"(10) In this section—
     'Chairman', in relation to a recognized Board of