Police Act (Cap. 164), article 25

25. (1) The Commissioner may collect the evidence personally or may authorise the disciplinary board to collect the evidence an d to recommend the relative penalty, if any, applicable in the case. (2) The Commissioner or the disciplinary board appointed as aforesaid, as the case may be, shall have the power and authori ty to hear evidence on oath, and a wa rrant signed by the said Commiss ioner or disciplinary board, as the cas e may be, shall be equivalent to a subpoena issued to compel the a ttendance of witnesses or to com pel them to produce documents or other exhibits. (3) No person summoned as a witness shall be obliged to answer any question or produce any document or other exhibit which may tend to incriminate him and every such person shall, in respect of any evidence given by him, be entitl ed to all the privileges to whi ch a witness giving evidence in criminal proceedings before the Cour t of Magistrates, shall be entitled. In the same manner, the witness shall have the same duties as if he were summoned in criminal proceed ings before the Court of Magistrates. (4) Any person who gives false evidence on oath before the Commissioner or a disciplinary board appointed as aforesaid sha ll be guilty of a criminal offence and shall be liable, on conviction , to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years and to general interdic tion. Prosecution and defence.