13.After the service of the order as well as of a notice fixing the day and place of the hearing, and signed by the person or one of the persons entrusted with the hearing of the evidence, and after the payment or the tender of a sum sufficient to defray his travelling expenses at the rate usually allowed by the court of the district, the person so summoned shall be bound to appear at the place, day and hour mentioned, and to reply to the questions put to him; and the provisions of articles 284 and 313 of the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25) shall be applicable to him if he either fails to appear or, without valid reason, refuses to answer.
R. S. 1964, c. 22, s. 20; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 1.