🍁 In Simple Terms
The inquiry judge holds full superior court powers: summoning witnesses, ordering documents and other things produced, administering oaths, and questioning people under oath.
Affects: Refugee claimants and protected persons
Legal Text: IRPA Section 179
179 The judge has all the powers, rights and privileges that are vested in a superior court, including the power (a)to issue a summons requiring any person to appear at the time and place mentioned in the summons to testify about all matters within that person’s knowledge relative to the inquiry and to produce any document or thing relative to the inquiry that the person has or controls; and (b)to administer oaths and examine any person on oath.
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPA s. 179 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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