Section 30: Investigation

30. Investigation (1) Subject to section 32, the Commission may, where a complaint appears to it to be well-founded, conduct an investigation into the complaint. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Commission may, by written notice— (a) require any employer to disclose information regarding any equal opportunity policy it has adopted in its place of work; (b) require any person to furnish any information described in the notice; (c) specify the time within which the person shall furnish the information; and E13A – 21 [Issue 4] Equal Opportunities Act (d) require the person to— (i) attend at such time and place as may be specified in the notice; (ii) give such evidence as it considers necessary; and (iii) produce any document or exhibit as is in his possession or control relating to any matter specified in the notice. (3) A person served with a notice under subsection (2) shall not be compelled to give evidence, or produce any document, which he could not be compelled to give in evidence, or produce, in civil proceedings before a court. (4) For the purposes of conducting an investigation, the Commission may record statements under warning from any person. (5) Any person who, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with a notice referred to in subsection (2) shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees.