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(3) Subject to subsection (4), any person who—
 * (a) being summoned under subsection (1) to attend any hearing of the Appeals Board to give evidence or to produce any document or other thing in his possession, refuses or neglects to do so; or
 * (b) being examined under subsection (1) as a witness by before the Appeals Board, refuses or neglects to answer any question put to him by or with the concurrence of the Appeals Board, or to produce any document or other thing in his possession when required to do so,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.

(4) Every person who appears as a witness before the Appeals Board shall be entitled to the same privileges in respect of the giving of evidence and the production of any document and other thing as he would be entitled to if appearing as a witness in civil proceedings before the Supreme Court.

(5) Any person who—
 * (a) behaves in an insulting manner or uses any threatening or insulting expression to or in the presence of the Appeals Board; or
 * (b) wilfully disrupts the proceedings of the Appeals Board,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.

64. (1) On the hearing of an appeal, the Appeals Board may confirm, reverse or vary the decision of the Director appealed against, and shall state its reasons for its decision.

(2) The secretary of the Board shall serve on the appellant and the Director notice in writing of the decision of the Appeals Board together with the reasons of the Board for its decision.

65. The Director or the appellant may within fourteen days after being served under subsection (2) of section 64 with a notice of the decision of the Appeals Board appeal by way of petition to the Governor in Council.

66. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Ordinance, the Director may on such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit—
 * (a) by notice in writing to the supervisor permit a school to continue to operate after the registration or provisional