LAW REFORM COMMISSION ACT 1972 - SECT 11

LAW REFORM COMMISSION ACT 1972 - SECT 11

11 .         Functions of Commission

        (1)         The Commission shall prepare and submit to the Attorney General from time to time proposals for the review of any area of law with a view to reform, and for this purpose may consider any proposals for the reform of the law which may be made to it by any person.

        (2)         The Attorney General may refer to the Commission —

            (a)         any of the matters in the proposals submitted to him by it under subsection (1); or

            (b)         any other matter.

        (3)         On a reference made to it by the Attorney General under subsection (2), the Commission shall —

            (a)         examine critically the law with respect to the matter mentioned in the reference; and

            (b)         report to the Attorney General on the results of the examination of that law and make any recommendations with respect to the reform of that law, that it considers to be desirable.

        (4)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (3) the commission shall examine the law to which the reference relates for the purposes of ascertaining and reporting whether that law —

            (a)         is obsolete, unnecessary, incomplete or otherwise defective; or

            (b)         ought to be changed so as to accord with modern conditions; or

            (c)         contains anomalies; or

            (d)         ought to be simplified, consolidated, codified, repealed or revised,

                and, if appropriate, whether new or more effective methods for the administration of that law should be developed.

        (5)         The Commission shall deal with references made by the Attorney General in the order of priority, if any, approved by him.

        (6)         The Commission may for the purposes of this section hold and conduct such inquiries as it thinks fit, and inform itself on any matter in such manner as it thinks fit, and obtain such information as to the law and the administration of justice of other countries as appears to the Commission likely to facilitate the performance of any of its functions.

        (7)         The Attorney General shall cause the proposals and reports (including the recommendations) made by the Commission pursuant to the other provisions of this section to be presented to each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after they have been submitted to him.

        [Section 11 amended: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3.]