The Tourism Company may suspend or revoke a franchise to any person subpoenaed to appear before the Tourism Company who fails to appear, or if appearing, refuses to be sworn in, to provide information, to testify or answer any pertinent question, or to present any pertinent document when so ordered by the Tourism Company. The Company shall also be empowered to invoke the aid of the Court of First Instance to force the appearance, statement and presentation of documents.\nThe Tourism Company may impose fines or sanctions upon any person who fails to appear or refuses to testify, disregards any legal request or refuses to present books, papers or documents, if capable to do so, in compliance with a valid subpoena to submit same issued by the Company, or upon any person who acts in a disorderly or disrespectful manner before the Tourism Company, or any of its officers or employees presiding [over] a hearing or investigation. Said conduct may constitute a misdemeanor punishable with a fine not greater than five hundred dollars ($500), at the discretion of the trial court.\nHistory —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 30, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
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