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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="15-212" title_number="15" title_name="Procurement Contract Administration and Dispute Resolution" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Dispute Resolution">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In connection with a proceeding authorized under this subtitle, the Appeals Board may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>administer oaths;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>certify to all official acts; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>at the request of a party to the proceeding:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>issue subpoenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of documents; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>compel the testimony of witnesses.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a person fails to comply with a subpoena or order compelling testimony under this section, on petition of the Appeals Board, a court of competent jurisdiction may pass an order directing compliance with the subpoena or compelling testimony.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who, under oath, willfully makes a false statement about a matter before the Appeals Board is guilty of perjury.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who causes another person under oath to make a false statement about a matter before the Appeals Board is guilty of subornation of perjury.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person who commits perjury or subornation of perjury under this section is subject to the penalty provided in §§ 9-101 and 9-102 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
