British Nationality (Miscellaneous Provisions).
3. (1) The committee shall have all such powers, rights and privileges as are vested in the Supreme Court or in any judge thereof on the occasion of any action, in respect of the following matters--
(a) the enforcing of the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath, affirmation or otherwise, and the issue of a commission or request to examine witnesses abroad;
(b) the compelling of the production of documents; and (c) the punishing of persons guilty of contempt.
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(2) A summons signed by one or more members of the committee may be substituted for and shall be equivalent to any formal process capable of being issued in any action for enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents.
4. The committee may act upon any information which is available, whether or not such information is given on oath or would be admissible as evidence in a court.
5. The committee may invite any government department which appears to them to be interested to appoint a person to represent the department at the inquiry.
6. (1) The committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their number, and the quorum of the committee shall be three.
(2) The committee may delegate one or more of their members to inquire into any particular matter relating to the inquiry, and the member or members so delegated shall, for this purpose, have all the powers of the committee other than their power of punishment.
7. The committee may postpone or adjourn the inquiry from time to time.
8. The committee may allow or refuse to allow the public or any portion thereof to be present during the whole or any part of the inquiry.
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