Section 33 Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018
Section 33 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018 is about Summons to attend and give evidence or to produce documents. It is under Part VI (Enforcement Warrants and Requests for Information) of the Act.
(1) A summons to attend and give evidence or to produce documents before the Commission issued under the hand of the Secretary or any member of the Commission shall be served on the person concerned.
(2) Hearings of the Commission shall take place in public, but the Commission may, whenever the circumstances warrant, particularly in order to preserve the business secrets of the undertaking concerned, conduct hearing in camera.
(3) A person who, without sufficient cause, fails or refuses to-
(a) appear before the Commission in compliance with a summons, or
(b) produce a document which the person is required by such summons to produce, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding N20,000,000.00 or both the fine and imprisonment.
(4) A person who wilfully obstructs or interrupts the proceedings of the Commission commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding N20,000,000.00 or both the fine and imprisonment. ·
