ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Geologists Registration Act
16. Procedure at inquiry
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
16. Procedure at inquiry
(1)Upon any inquiry held by the Board under this Act, the person whose conduct is being inquired into shall be entitled to appear and to be heard in person or to be represented by an advocate.(2)For the purposes of proceedings at any inquiry held by it, the Board shall have power—(b)to summon persons to attend and give evidence; and(c)to order the production of documents.(3)All summonses and orders issued under the hand of the Chairperson or vice-Chairperson of the Board shall be deemed to be issued by the Board.(4)The Chairperson, or in his absence the vice-Chairperson, of the Board shall record or cause to be recorded a summary of any oral evidence given at an inquiry held by the Board.(5)Subject to this section and to any regulations made under section 22, the Board shall have power to regulate its own procedure at an inquiry held by it.(6)For the purposes of Chapter XI of the Penal Code (Cap. 63), an inquiry held by the Board shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding.