SQUATTERS.
No: 5 of 1890. 565
(a) enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them upon oath or otherwise;
(b) compelling the production of documents;
(c) punishing persons guilty of contempt of the Board or of any order of the Board;
(d) ordering inspection of property; and
(e) making and enforcing any order which may be necessary to the proper hearing and determination of any question before the Board.
(2) The Board may exercise all or any of such powers for the purposes of any claim before the Board to the same extent as the Supreme Court might exercise them or any of them for the purposes of any action.
7. Any member of the Board shall, for the purposes of any inquiry made by the Board, have power to enter and view any premises or property, and the Board shall have power to authorise any person nominated by the Board to enter and view any premises or property for the like purpose.
8. If in any claim to a lease it appears to the Board that any witness has committed wilful and corrupt perjury, the Board may, for the purpose of punishing such perjury, exercise powers similar to and to the same extent as those conferred on the Supreme Court by section 31 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, for the punishment of perjury in any cause, action, or suit. No. 3 of 1873.
9. Any summons, order, warrant, or direction of the Board shall be deemed to be duly made with the authority of the Board if it is signed by the chairman of the Board and issued by the secretary, and any such summons, order, or warrant so signed and issued in connexion with and for the purposes of any claim to a lease shall be equivalent to any form of summons, order, or warrant issued in any action in the Supreme Court for enforcing the attendance of witnesses, or compelling the production of documents, or otherwise for the purposes of any action.
10. The Board may allow or disallow any claim to a lease or allow the same as to part of the claim or subject to such conditions as it may think fit.
11. The Director of Public Works shall, before the hearing of the claims relating to land in any village or district, fix the several rents to be charged in any leases which may be granted.