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Amended Basic Conditions of Employment Act
53. Conduct of investigation
as amended by the
Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Act, 2002, Contract Cleaning Wage increase, and Domestic workers wage increase 1 Dec 2007
Chapter 8 : Sectoral determinations
53. Conduct of investigation
(1) For the purposes of conducting an investigation in terms of section 52(1), the Director-General may—
(a) question any person who may be able to provide information relevant to any investigation; or
(b) require, in writing, any employer or employee in a sector and area that is being investigated or any other person to furnish any information, book, document or object that is material to the investigation within a specified period, which must be reasonable.
(2) A person may not refuse to answer any relevant question by the Director-General that he or she is legally obliged to answer. [An answer by a person to a question put to him or her by a person conducting an investigation may not be used in any criminal proceedings except proceedings in respect of a charge of perjury or making a false statement (s. 91).]
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