34Where so authorized under this Act, the Commission, an arbitration board established in accordance with this Act, a board, a council, a chief of police or a police officer authorized by a chief of police to conduct a hearing may, in conducting a hearing, find a person who
(a)
fails or refuses to attend as required by summons,
(b)
refuses to be sworn as a witness,
(c)
omits or refuses without just cause to answer any relevant question or to produce any book, paper or document in his custody or control, or
(d)
disrupts or otherwise obstructs the hearing,
to be in contempt, and may certify the contempt to The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick or a Judge thereof, whereupon the Court may summon the person found to be in contempt, may inquire into the matter and, after hearing any witnesses who may be produced against or on behalf of the person found in contempt, and after hearing any statement that may be offered in defence, punish or take steps for the punishment of that person as if he had been guilty of contempt of the Court or suspend punishment on condition that the person attends, testifies or produces as required.