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COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1950 - As at 7 March 2017 - Act cia of 1950

- As at 7 March 2017 - Act cia of 1950

Table of Provisions

  • 1 Short title
  • 2. (Repealed)
  • 3 Definitions
  • 4 Application of Act
  • 4A Interaction of commission with courts etc.
  • 5 Power to summon witness and require production of books etc.
  • 5A Procedure upon noncompliance with s 5(2)
  • 5B Attendance of prisoner, patient or forensic disability client before commission
  • 6 Oaths, affirmations and declarations
  • 7 Duty of witness to continue in attendance
  • 8 Arrest of witness failing to attend
  • 9A Warrant in the first instance or before return of summons
  • 9 Contempt of a commission
  • 10 Punishment of contempt of a commission
  • 11 Enforcement of and appeals against summary punishments imposed under this Act
  • 12 Service of summons and execution of warrant
  • 13 Powers of chairperson if a judge of the Supreme Court
  • 14 Answers and documents
  • 14A Statements made by witness not admissible in evidence against the witness
  • 14B Protection to and liability of witnesses
  • 15 When acts or omissions to be separate offences
  • 16 Power to prohibit publication of evidence
  • 16A Power of tribunal as to exclusion of public
  • 17 Commission not to be bound by rules as to procedure or evidence
  • 18 Power to sit at any time and place
  • 19 Powers of commission as to inspection and copies of documents etc.
  • 19A Search for and seizure of evidence
  • 19B Commission’s custody of books etc.
  • 19C Authority to use listening devices
  • 20 Protection for participants in commissions
  • 21 Examination of witnesses by counsel etc.
  • 22 Indictable offences in connection with inquiry by a commission
  • 22A Evidential effect of certificates
  • 23 Dismissal by employers of witness
  • 24 Allowances to witnesses
  • 25 Offences
  • 26. (Repealed)
  • 27 Appointment of deputy to a commission
  • 28 Functions of deputy to a commission
  • 29 Effect of exercise of authority of deputy to the commission
  • 30 Reference by commission to evidence etc. before deputy to a commission
  • 30A Delegation to deputy to a commission
  • 31 Commission may make separate reports etc.
  • 32 Reports may be tabled
  • 32A Disclosure of particular information only if reasonable
  • 32B Confidentiality of information
  • 33 Regulation-making power
  • 34 References to Official Inquiries Evidence Act 1910
  • 35 Transitional provision for Penalties and Sentences and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012

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