Section 36: Power of such bodies.

(1) For the purpose of dealing with any trade dispute or other matter referred to it under this Act, a body to which this Part of this Act applies may-
(a) require any person to furnish, in writing or otherwise, such particulars relating to the matter referred to it as the body may require;
(b) require any person to attend before the body and give evidence, on oath or affirmation or otherwise, with respect to any matter relevant to the matter referred to it;
(c) compel the production before it of books, papers, documents and other things for the purpose of enabling them to be examined or referred to so far as may be necessary in order to obtain information relevant to the matter referred to the body;
(d) consider and deal with the matter referred to it in the absence of any party who has been duly summoned or served with a notice to appear;
(e) admit or exclude the public or the press, or both, from any of its sittings;
(f) adjourn from time to time; and
(g) generally give all such directions and do all such things as are necessary or expedient for dealing speedily and justly with the matter referred to it.
(2) For the purpose of enforcing any summons, direction or order issued, given or made by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, a body to which this Part of this Act applies, shall have the like powers as are exercisable by the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
(3) If any person, on being required by virtue of this section to furnish any particulars, answer any question or produce any book, paper, document or other thing, objects to doing so on the ground that to do so would tend to incriminate him or on any other lawful ground, he shall not be bound to comply with the requirement and shall not be liable to any punishment for refusing to do so.
(4) Any person who commits an act of contempt, whether the act is or is not committed in the presence of the members of any such body as aforesaid sitting in the exercise of its functions under this Act, shall be liable on summary conviction before a High Court to a fine of N 200 or to imprisonment for three months.