Section 1, NPRC DECREE N0.4 1992

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained inany law— (a) where a person, whose activities or assets are the subject of a Commission of Inquiry, is outside Sierra Leone; or 2 No. 4 Commissions of Inquiry (Additional Powers) Decree 19[illegible] (b) where a person, whose activities or assets are[illegible] subject of a Commission of Inquiry, is in Sie[illegible] Leone, but having been given reasonable no[illegible] to appear before the Commission refuses or wi[illegible] fully neglects to appear in obedience to his be[illegible] required by the Commission to attend; or (c) where a person, having appeared before a Co[illegible] mission in obedience to the Commission requiri[illegible] him to attend, subsequently fails or refuses [illegible] appear before the Commission when he is requir[illegible] to do so by the Commission; the Commission may investigate his activities or examine his ass[illegible] in his absence. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), reasonable no[illegible] includes notice sent by post to his usual or last known address. [Margin: Commission to have powers to punish for contempt. Cap. 54. P.N. No. 20 of 1992.]