Duty and privileges of witnesses

(1) All persons summoned to attend and give evidence or produce any paper, book, record or document before an Arbitration Tribunal or a Board of Inquiry, (a) shall be bound to obey the summons served upon them; (b) shall be entitled, in respect of such evidence or the disclosure of any communication or the production of any such paper, book, record or document, to the same right or privilege as before a court of law; (c) shall be entitled to be paid their expenses, at the rates prescribed for witnesses before the Supreme Court who are entitled to have their expenses paid from public funds, Provided that an Arbitration Tribunal or a Board of Inquiry, as the case may be, may disallow the whole or any part of such expenses in any case, if it thinks fit. (2) Witnesses’ expenses shall be paid by the Accountant General on the production of a certificate from the secretary or other authorised officer of the Tribunal or Board, as the case may be, certifying the attendance of such witnesses for the purpose of giving evidence and the amount to which they are entitled. 10 (Arbitration and Inquiry)