4(1)Any one commissioner may by summons, in the prescribed form, require the attendance before them of any person whose evidence may be material to the subject of the inquiry, and may order any person to produce such books, papers and documents as appear necessary.

4(2)Every such person shall attend and answer all questions put to him by a commissioner touching the matters being or to be inquired into, and shall produce before the commissioners all books, papers and documents required of him, and in his custody or control.

4(3)The testimony of the witnesses may be taken upon oath or affirmation, which may be administered by any one commissioner.

5(1)If a person, on whom a summons has been served either personally or by leaving a copy thereof for him with some adult person at his last or most usual place of abode, fails to appear before the commissioners, a warrant, in the prescribed form, may be issued.

5(2)A summons may be served by any person.

5(3)A warrant may be executed by a sheriff or a police officer.

6(1)A person refusing to be sworn when duly required, or omitting or refusing without just cause sufficiently to answer any question put to him by a commissioner, may be committed by warrant, in the prescribed form, to the common jail of the county in which the inquiry is then being held, for a term not exceeding thirty days.

6(2)On the last day of the term for which such person has been imprisoned, the sheriff or jailer in whose custody such person then is shall bring such person before the commissioners and if he persists in his former refusal, the commissioners may recommit him for a further period not exceeding thirty days, and so on from time to time until such person ceases to persist in his refusal.

6(3)A person refusing to produce before the commissioners any book, paper or document in his custody or control may be punished by the commissioners in the same manner as if such person had refused to be sworn or to answer a question put to him by the commissioners.

14(1)The Minister of Energy, the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure may each at any time hold an inquiry into any matter connected with his or her department, and for that purpose shall have all the powers herein given to commissioners appointed under section 2, and all the provisions of this Act in reference to witnesses, evidence, production of documents, commitment for refusal to appear or testify, and preservation of order in the court on such inquiry shall apply and extend to the Minister of Energy, the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, and to all acts, matters and things done by any of them in the course of such inquiry, or preliminary thereto or consequent thereon.

14(2)Witnesses attending are entitled to reasonable compensation and the amount thereof shall be fixed by the Minister and paid by warrant of the Lieutenant-Governor.

17(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may vest in any board, commission, tribunal or other body or person established or appointed by, under or in relation to the Council of Maritime Premiers for the purpose of studying, investigating or hearing and determining any matter of common concern among the Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, all of the powers and privileges that commissioners have under this Act.

17(2)The powers and privileges vested pursuant to subsection (1) may be exercised by the board, commission, tribunal or other body or person in relation to persons, organizations and documents resident or situated within New Brunswick wherever the study, investigation or hearing is conducted or held within the region comprised of the Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

18(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing forms required under this Act.

18(2)In this Act “prescribed form” means a form prescribed under subsection (1).