Holding of inquiry

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....person has committed contraventions as specified in any of sections 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 19E, 19F ^1[,19FA] and 19G, the ^2[the Board or the adjudicating officer] shall, in the first instance, issue a notice to such person requiring him to show cause within such period as may be specified in the notice (being not less than fourteen days from the date of service thereof) why an inquiry should n....

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....ave taken place. (5) The ^2[the Board or the adjudicating officer] shall then give an opportunity to such person to produce such documents or evidence as he may consider relevant to the inquiry and if necessary the hearing may be adjourned to a future date and in taking such evidence the ^2[the Board or the adjudicating officer] shall not be bound to observe the provisions of the Evidence Act, ....