(a)      The Commission may issue subpoenas and order discovery in aid of investigations and hearings under this subtitle.

      (b)      (1)      A person may not willfully fail or neglect to attend and testify, to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce records, documents, or other evidence, if it is in the person's power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or other lawful order issued under subsection (a) of this section.

            (2)      Any person with intent to mislead another person in any proceeding under this subtitle may not:

                  (i)      Make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any report, account, record, or other document produced pursuant to subpoena or other lawful order issued under subsection (a) of this section;

                  (ii)      Willfully neglect or fail to make or to cause to be made full, true, and correct entries in the reports, accounts, records, or other documents; or

                  (iii)      Willfully mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any documentary evidence.

            (3)      A person who is convicted of violating paragraphs (1) or (2) of this subsection shall be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both.

      (c)      (1)      Witnesses subpoenaed by the Commission to testify in any proceedings under this subtitle shall be entitled to the same witness and mileage fees as witnesses in proceedings before any Maryland circuit court.

            (2)      The party who requests that a witness be subpoenaed to testify in a proceeding shall pay the fees or, if the party is unable to pay, the Commission shall pay the fees.