(2) If any person who has been subpoenaed to give evidence or to produce any book or document before a housing court refuses without sufficient excuse, the onus of proof whereof shall rest upon him, to be sworn as a witness or, having been sworn, to answer fully and satisfactorily any question lawfully put to him, or to produce any such book or document, the housing court may order that person to be removed and detained in custody, as if he were a prisoner awaiting trial, until the rising of the housing court or until he sooner consents to do what is required of him. (3) Nothing in this section contained shall prevent the housing court from giving judgment in any case or otherwise disposing of the same in the meantime according to any other sufficient evidence taken but, if such judgment be given or the case be otherwise disposed of, any person committed to prison in terms of subsection (2) shall thereupon be released. (4) Any person referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable, in addition to being detained in custody in terms of subsection (2), to be sentenced summarily by the housing court to pay a fine not exceeding level three or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month or to both such fine and such imprisonment. (5) No person shall be bound to produce any document or thing not specified or otherwise insufficiently described in the subpoena unless he actually has it in the housing court. 12 Witness giving false evidence Any witness who, after being duly sworn, makes a false statement of fact material to any question under investigation before a housing court, knowing such statement to be false or not knowing or believing it to be true, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 13 Contempt of housing court If any person wilfully insults a housing court or any assessor thereof during any sitting of the housing court or wilfully interrupts the proceedings of the housing court or otherwise wilfully disturbs the peace or order of such proceedings, the housing court may order the person to be removed and detained in custody until the rising of the housing court and the person shall be liable, in addition to such removal and detention, to be sentenced summarily by the housing court to a fine not exceeding level three or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 14 Costs (1) In determining any question referred to it, a housing court may make such order as to costs as it may deem just. (2) The costs referred to in subsection (1) shall be payable in accordance with— (a) the scale of costs for the time being in use in a magistrates court in civil cases; or (b) such scale of costs as the Minister responsible for justice may otherwise provide by statutory instrument. (3) Any costs awarded by a housing court shall be taxed by the clerk of court in terms of subsection (2) and the taxation of such costs shall be subject to appeal to the housing court. 15 Appeal from decision of housing court (1) Any party who is dissatisfied with any decision of a housing court may appeal against such decision to the High Court within thirty days from the announcement by the housing court of such decision: Provided that if, before the hearing commenced, the parties had lodged with the clerk of court an agreement in writing that the decision of the housing court should be final, no appeal shall lie from such decision. (2) Upon the hearing of the appeal, the High Court may, subject to this Act— (a) confirm, vary, reverse or set aside the decision appealed from; (b) remit the matter to the housing court concerned with instructions in regard to the taking of further evidence or the setting out of further information; (c) order the parties or any of them to produce at some convenient time before the High Court such further evidence as shall to it seem necessary or desirable; (d) take any other course which may lead to the just, speedy and, as far as possible, inexpensive settlement of the matter; (e) make such order as to costs as it may deem just. (3) The Chief Justice and the Judge President may make rules relating to the procedure of bringing matters on appeal to the High Court in terms of this section: Provided that, until such rules are made, the rules governing an appeal from a magistrates court in a civil case shall, subject to subsection (1), apply, mutatis mutandis, and be followed. (4) Rules made in terms of subsection (3) shall not have effect until they have been approved by the Minister responsible for justice and published in statutory instrument. PART III REPAIR, DEMOLITION AND CLOSURE ORDERS 16 Authority may apply for repair, demolition or closure order Where an authority considers that any building within its authority area is of an unsatisfactory standard and— (a) can be raised or restored at a reasonable cost to a satisfactory standard, the authority may apply to a housing court for a repair order; or (b) cannot be raised or restored at a reasonable cost to a satisfactory standard, the authority may apply to a housing court for— (i) a demolition order; or (ii) if the authority considers that the building should not be the subject of a demolition order, a closure order. 17 Issue of summons (1) Where an authority wishes to apply to a housing court for an order, it shall apply in writing to the clerk of court for the issue of a summons. (2) Upon an application in terms of subsection (1), the clerk of court shall issue a summons in the prescribed form calling upon the owner and any right holder of the building concerned to show cause at the time, upon the date and at the place stated in the summons why the order should not be made: Provided that the date stated in the summons shall not be— (a) less than twenty-one days; or (b) more than thirty days; from the date of issue of the summons. 18 Contents of summons A summons shall set out— (a) the nature of the order applied for; and