Guam § 9128 - Powers of the Commissioner.

§ 9128. Powers of the Commissioner.

(a) The Commissioner shall have power to preserve and

enforce order during any such proceedings; to issue subpoenas

for, to administer oaths to, and to compel the attendance and

testimony of witness, or the production of books, papers,

documents, and other evidence, or the taking of depositions

before any designated individual competent to administer oaths;

to examine witnesses; and do all things conformable to law

which may be necessary to enable him effectively to discharge

the duties of his office.

(b) If any person in proceedings before the Commissioner

disobeys or resists any lawful order or process, or misbehaves

during a hearing at or so near the place thereof as to obstruct the

same, or neglects to pro duce, after having been ordered to do so,

any pertinent book, paper, or document, or refuses to appear

after having been subpoenaed, or upon appearing refuses to take

the oath as a witness, or after having taken the oath, refuses to be

examined according to law, the commissioner shall certify the

facts to the Superior Court which shall thereupon in a summary

manner hear the evidence and if in the judgment of the Court, the

evidence so warrants, punish such person in the same manner

and to the same extent as for a contempt committed before the

court, or commit such person upon the same conditions as if the

doing of the forbidden act had occurred with reference to the

process of or in the presence of the court.