Section 53REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6038, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES., Sec./Art. 53

Hearing Rules; Contempt. All hearings and investigations conducted by the NEA shall be governed by rules adopted by the NEA, and in the conduct thereof the NEA shall not be bound by the technical rules of legal evidence; Provided, That the NEA or such member of the Board of Administrators when conducting a hearing, may summarily punish for contempt by a fine not exceeding two hundred pesos (P200.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days, or both, any person guilty of misconduct in the presence of the hearing or so near the same as to interrupt the hearing, proceeding, session or investigation including cases in which a person present at a hearing, proceeding, session or investigation refuses to be sworn as a witness or to answer as such when lawfully required to do so.

To enforce the provisions of this section, the NEA, or such member thereof, may, if necessary, request the assistance of the municipal police for the execution of any order made for said purpose.