Acts and Regulations

2012, c.15 - Small Claims Act

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Offence and penalty
14(1)A person at a hearing before an adjudicator who, without lawful excuse, does any of the following commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category F offence:
(a) refuses to be sworn, or to affirm or to answer a question;
(b) fails or refuses to produce a record, document or other thing required in a summons to witness served on the person; or
(c) fails to obey a direction of the adjudicator.
14(2)A certificate, in the form prescribed by regulation, of the adjudicator before whom a person is alleged to have refused or failed to do any of the acts described in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c), stating that the person has refused or failed to do any of the acts so described is admissible in evidence and is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the fact, without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the adjudicator purporting to have signed the certificate.
Offence and penalty
14(1)A person at a hearing before an adjudicator who, without lawful excuse, does any of the following commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category F offence:
(a) refuses to be sworn, or to affirm or to answer a question;
(b) fails or refuses to produce a record, document or other thing required in a summons to witness served on the person; or
(c) fails to obey a direction of the adjudicator.
14(2)A certificate, in the form prescribed by regulation, of the adjudicator before whom a person is alleged to have refused or failed to do any of the acts described in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c), stating that the person has refused or failed to do any of the acts so described is admissible in evidence and is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the fact, without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the adjudicator purporting to have signed the certificate.