Act 16 Land Act 1998 ( c) use evidence contained in any official record or adduced in any other claim; (d) refer any matters to any customary institution habitually accepted within the parish as an institution with functions over land for its advice and where relevant, use, with or without adaptations and additions, customary procedures relating to the settlement of disputes over land recognised and in general use within the community where the land is situated; and ( e) generally, determine its own procedures. (3) In order to discharge the functions referred to in subsection (1), the chairperson of a Committee shall have power to administer oaths and to issue summonses, notices and orders requiring the attendance of such persons and the production of such documents, as he or she may consider necessary for the carrying out of the functions of the Committee. Procedures 7. (1) The chairperson of a Committee shall be responsible for application for certificate of for ensuring that the procedures to be fallowed by the Committee as ser out in this section and any other procedures that may be prescribed are complied with. customary (2) Where an application has been submitted to the Committee, a notice in the prescribed form shall be published and posted in a prominent place in the parish and on the land which is the subject of the application- ownership. ( a) specifying the location and approximate area of the land; (b) requiring all persons who claim any interest in the land or in any adjacent land which may be affected by the application, including in respect of any adjacent land, claims as to the boundaries of that land, to attend a meeting of the Committee at a specified time and put fotward their claims and the time speCified shall be not less than two weeks from the date on which the notice is published and posted as required by this subsection 14