ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Co-operative Societies Act
79. Award of Tribunal
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
79. Award of Tribunal
(1)The Tribunal may:—(a)make such orders for the purposes of securing the attendance of any person at any place, the discovery or production of any document or the investigation of contravention of this Act as it deems necessary or expedient;(b)take evidence on oath and may for that purpose administer oaths; or(c)on its own motion summon and hear any person as a witness;(2)Any person who—(a)fails to attend to the Tribunal after having been required to do so under subsection (1)(a);(b)refuses to take oath before the Tribunal or to answer satisfactorily to the best of his knowledge and belief any question lawfully put to him in any proceedings before the Tribunal or to produce any article or document when required to do so by the Tribunal;(c)knowingly gives false evidence or information which he knows to be misleading.(d)at any sitting of the Tribunal—(i)wilfully insults any member or officer of the Tribunal; or(ii)wilfully interrupts the proceedings or commits any contempt of the Tribunal;shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.(3)Where the Tribunal enters judgment in terms of the award together with costs, it shall issue a decree which shall be enforceable as a decree of a court.(4)If, after making an order, the Tribunal discovers that the order was based on a misrepresentation or a concealment of a material fact by either party to the dispute, the Tribunal may order the party guilty of the misrepresentation or concealment to pay the other party such sum as is, in the opinion of the Tribunal, sufficient compensation for any damage or loss suffered by the party as a result of the misrepresentation or concealment.(5)The Tribunal shall have unlimited geographical and pecuniary jurisdiction in matters of co-operative disputes.