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 (Repealed)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 (Repealed)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