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case have all the powers and functions of a Justice under this
Part of this Act.
3. The certificate of the Comptroller-General shall be primäá
facie evidence of facts by sub-section 2. of section nineteen of
this Act required to be specified therein.
4. In addition to the Comptroller-General and the importer
the Justice may, if he thinks fit allow any person interested in
importing imported goods to be represented at the investigation.
5. The Justice shall be guided by good conscience and the
substantial merits of the case, without regard to legal forms or
technicalities, or whether the evidence before him is in accordance
with the law of evidence or not.
6. No person shall in any proceeding before a Justice be
excused from answering any question or producing documents on
the ground that the answer or production may criminate or tend
to criminate him, but his answer shall not be admissible in
evidence against him in any criminal proceeding other than a
prosecution for perjury.
7. The Justice shall forward his determination to the Minister.
8. In the case of the following agricultural implements:—
Ploughs of all kinds over 1%: cwt., tine harrows, disc harrows,
grain drills, combined grain seed and manure drills, land rollers,
cultivators, chaff cutters, seed cleaners, stripper harvesters, and
any other implement usually used in agriculture, the Justice shall
inquire into and determine the question whether the goods are
being imported with the effect of benefiting the primary producers
without unfairly injuring any other section of the community of
the Commonwealth.
©. The determination of the Justice shall be final and conclusive
 and without appeal, and shall not be questioned in any way.

22.—1. Upon the receipt of the determination of the Justice,
the Minister shall forthwith cause it to be published in the Gazette.
2. If the Justice determines that the imported goods are being
imported with the intent alleged, and that their importation
should be prohibited either absolutely or subject to any specified
conditions or restrictions or limitations of any kind whatsoever—
a the determination when so published shall have the effect
of a proclamation under the Customs Act 1901 prohibiting
the importation of the goods either absolutely or subject to