Inquiries Act 2007 (Now Cap.

139A)
Parliament of Singapore

2007

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 REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
Published by Authority

NO. 41] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 [2007

First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 10th October

2007 at 5:00 pm.

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 19th

September 2007 and assented to by the President on 4th
October 2007:—

INQUIRIES ACT 2007

(No. 43 of 2007)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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Section
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement
2. Interpretation
PART II
COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY
3. Power to issue commissions
4. Composition of commission
5. Change of President
6. Appointment of secretary
7. Appointment of assessors
8. Role of police
PART III
COMMITTEES OF INQUIRY
9. Appointment of committee
10. Composition of committee
11. Change of Minister
12. Appointment of secretary
13. Appointment of assessors
PART IV
INQUIRY POWERS AND PROCEEDINGS AND
RULES
14. Inquiry powers and proceedings
15. Rules in relation to commissions of inquiry

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16. Rules in relation to committees of inquiry
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
17. Repeal
18. Savings and transitional provisions
19. Related amendments to other written laws
First Schedule—Inquiry powers and proceedings
Second Schedule—Related amendments to other
written laws

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

No. 43 of 2007.

I assent.

S R NATHAN,
President.
4th October 2007.

An Act to enable the President to appoint a commission of

inquiry and to enable the relevant Minister to appoint a
committee of inquiry, and to provide for matters related
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thereto, to repeal the Commissions of Inquiry Act (Chapter
48 of the 1985 Revised Edition) and to make related
amendments to certain other written laws.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent

of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Inquiries Act 2007 and shall
come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by
notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“appointing authority”, in relation to a commission of

inquiry, means the President and, in relation to a committee
of inquiry, means the Minister who appointed the
committee of inquiry under section 9 and includes his
successor in office;

“commission” or “commission of inquiry” means any

commission of inquiry appointed by the President under
section 3, and includes the members of the commission, or

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a quorum thereof, or the sole member, sitting for the
purposes of the inquiry;

“committee” or “committee of inquiry” means any

committee of inquiry appointed by the Minister under
section 9, and includes the members of the committee, or a
quorum thereof, or the sole member, sitting for the purposes
of the inquiry;

“inquiry body” means a commission of inquiry or a

committee of inquiry, and includes the members of such
commission of inquiry or committee of inquiry, or a
quorum thereof, or the sole member, sitting for the purposes
of the inquiry;

“member” means a member of any commission of inquiry

or committee of inquiry, as the case may be, and includes
the chairman of such commission or committee;

“Minister”, in relation to a committee of inquiry, means the

Minister who appointed the committee of inquiry under
section 9 and includes his successor in office;

“terms of reference”, in relation to an inquiry body, means

the terms of reference issued to the inquiry body under
section 3(2) or 9(2), as the case may be, and includes any
modification made thereto under section 3(3) or 9(3).

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 PART II
COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY

Power to issue commissions

3.—(1) The President may, whenever he considers it

expedient to do so, issue a commission appointing one or
more commissioners and authorising such commissioners,
or any quorum of them therein mentioned, to inquire into—

(a) the conduct of any officer or officers in the public

service of Singapore;
(b) the conduct or management of any department of
the public service or any public or local institution; or
(c) any matter in which an inquiry would, in the
opinion of the President, be for the public welfare or in
the public interest.

(2) The commission issued by the President shall specify

the subject of the inquiry and, at the discretion of the
President, may—

(a) specify any particular matters as to which the

commissioners are to determine the facts;
(b) direct whether the commissioners are to make
recommendations;
(c) direct where and when the inquiry shall be held and
the report of the inquiry submitted;

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 (d) prescribe how the inquiry is to be conducted,
including whether the Attorney-General is appointed
to lead evidence in the inquiry; and
(e) direct whether the inquiry or any part of the inquiry
shall or shall not be held in public.

(3) The President may modify the terms of reference issued

under subsection (2) on the recommendation of the
commissioners.

(4) The President may extend the time for the inquiry to be
completed and for the submission of the report of the
inquiry by the commission.

Composition of commission

4.—(1) A commission of inquiry shall consist of one or

more persons (at least one of whom shall be a person who is
qualified to be a Judge of the High Court).

(2) Where a commission consists of more than one

commissioner, the President shall appoint one of the
commissioners to be the chairman.

(3) Where a commission consists of one commissioner only,

he shall be vested with the powers of the chairman.

(4) The President may, from time to time, add to the

members of any such commission.

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(5) The President may appoint a person to replace any
commissioner—

(a) who has died or resigned; or

(b) whom the President is satisfied—
(i) is incapacitated by reason of physical or
mental disability; or
(ii) is unwilling, unable or unfit to discharge the
functions of a commissioner.

(6) When a new commissioner has been appointed under

subsection (4) or (5), it shall not be necessary for any
evidence which may have been taken before the
commission prior to such appointment to be retaken.

(7) A commissioner may resign from his office at any time

by notice in writing to the President.

(8) Every commissioner appointed under this Part shall, so

long as he is acting as such commissioner, be deemed to be
a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code (Cap.
224), and every inquiry under this Part shall be deemed to
be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of the Penal
Code.

Change of President

5. No commission issued and no appointment made under

this Part shall lapse by reason of, or be otherwise affected
by, the death, absence, resignation, retirement or removal of
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the President who issued the commission or made the
appointment.

Appointment of secretary

6. The President may appoint a secretary—

(a) to attend the sittings of the commission;

(b) to record their proceedings;
(c) to keep their papers;
(d) to summon and record the evidence of witnesses;
and
(e) generally to perform such duties connected with the
inquiry as the commissioners may instruct, subject to
the directions, if any, of the President.

Appointment of assessors

7.—(1) One or more persons may be appointed as assessors

to assist the commissioners.

(2) The power to appoint assessors is exercisable—

(a) before the appointment of the chairman, by the

President; or
(b) by the chairman (whether or not the President has
appointed assessors).

(3) The chairman may at any time terminate the

appointment of an assessor, but only with the consent of the

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President in the case of an assessor appointed by the
President.

Role of police

8. The President may direct the Commissioner of Police to

detail police officers to attend upon any such
commissioners, to preserve order during the proceedings, to
serve summonses on witnesses and to provide such other
assistance in relation to the inquiry as the commissioners
may direct.

PART III
COMMITTEES OF INQUIRY

Appointment of committee

9.—(1) Any Minister may, whenever he considers it

expedient to do so, in writing appoint a committee of
inquiry and direct the committee to inquire into—

(a) any accident or occurrence resulting in or involving

death, serious personal injury or serious property
damage;
(b) any occurrence that may endanger public safety or
public health;
(c) the conduct or management of a ministry,
department or statutory body falling under the
responsibility of that Minister; or

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 (d) the conduct of any officer employed by or
seconded to any such ministry, department or statutory
body.

(2) The Minister shall issue to the committee terms of

reference which shall specify the subject of the inquiry and
may—

(a) specify any particular matters as to which the

committee is to determine the facts;
(b) direct whether the committee is to make
recommendations;
(c) direct where and when the inquiry shall be held and
the report of the inquiry submitted;
(d) prescribe how the inquiry is to be conducted,
including whether the Attorney-General is appointed
to lead evidence in the inquiry; and
(e) direct whether the inquiry or any part of the inquiry
shall or shall not be held in public.

(3) The Minister may modify the terms of reference issued

under subsection (2) on the recommendation of the
committee.

(4) The Minister may extend the time for the inquiry to be
completed and for the submission of the report of the
inquiry by the committee.

Composition of committee

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10.—(1) A committee of inquiry shall consist of one or
more persons (at least one of whom shall be a person who is
qualified to be a District Judge).

(2) Where a committee consists of more than one person,

the Minister shall appoint one of the members to be the
chairman.

(3) Where a committee consists of one member only, he

shall be vested with the powers of the chairman.

(4) The Minister may, from time to time, add to the

members of any such committee.

(5) The Minister may appoint a person to replace any

member—

(a) who has died or resigned; or

(b) whom the Minister is satisfied—
(i) is incapacitated by reason of physical or
mental disability; or
(ii) is unwilling, unable or unfit to discharge the
functions of a member.

(6) When a new member has been appointed under

subsection (4) or (5), it shall not be necessary for any
evidence which may have been taken before the committee
prior to such appointment to be retaken.

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(7) A member may resign from his office at any time by
notice in writing to the Minister.

(8) Every member appointed under this Part shall, so long

as he is acting as such member, be deemed to be a public
servant within the meaning of the Penal Code (Cap. 224),
and every inquiry under this Part shall be deemed to be a
judicial proceeding within the meaning of the Penal Code.

Change of Minister

11. No appointment made under this Part shall lapse by

reason of, or be otherwise affected by, the death, absence,
resignation, retirement or removal of the Minister who
made the appointment.

Appointment of secretary

12. The Minister may appoint a secretary—

(a) to attend the sittings of the committee;

(b) to record their proceedings;
(c) to keep their papers;
(d) to summon and record the evidence of witnesses;
and
(e) generally to perform such duties connected with the
inquiry as the committee may instruct, subject to the
directions, if any, of the Minister.

Appointment of assessors
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13.—(1) One or more persons may be appointed as
assessors to assist the committee.

(2) The power to appoint assessors is exercisable—

(a) before the appointment of the chairman, by the

Minister; or
(b) by the chairman (whether or not the Minister has
appointed assessors).

(3) The chairman may at any time terminate the

appointment of an assessor, but only with the consent of the
Minister in the case of an assessor appointed by the
Minister.

PART IV
INQUIRY POWERS AND PROCEEDINGS AND
RULES

Inquiry powers and proceedings

14. The powers of inquiry bodies and the provisions on

inquiry proceedings shall be as set out in the First Schedule.

Rules in relation to commissions of inquiry

15.—(1) The President may make rules generally for

carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act in
respect of commissions of inquiry.

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(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the
President may make rules for or with respect to all or any of
the following matters in respect of commissions of inquiry:

(a) matters of evidence and procedure in relation to

commissions of inquiry under this Act;
(b) the assessment and payment of sums referred to in
paragraph 1(7) of the First Schedule.

(3) Rules under subsection (2)(b) may in particular—

(a) make provision as to how and by whom the sums

referred to in paragraph 1(7) of the First Schedule are
to be assessed, including provision allowing the
assessment to be undertaken by the commissioners or
by such other person as the commissioners may
nominate; and
(b) make provision for review of an assessment at the
instance of any person dissatisfied with it.

Rules in relation to committees of inquiry

16.—(1) The Minister for Law may make rules generally

for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act in
respect of committees of inquiry.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the

Minister for Law may make rules for or with respect to all
or any of the following matters in respect of committees of
inquiry:
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 (a) matters of evidence and procedure in relation to
committees of inquiry under this Act;
(b) the assessment and payment of sums referred to in
paragraph 1(7) of the First Schedule.

(3) Rules under subsection (2)(b) may in particular—

(a) make provision as to how and by whom the sums

referred to in paragraph 1(7) of the First Schedule are
to be assessed, including provision allowing the
assessment to be undertaken by the committee of
inquiry or by such other person as the committee of
inquiry may nominate; and
(b) make provision for review of an assessment at the
instance of any person dissatisfied with it.

PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
Repeal

17. The Commissions of Inquiry Act (Cap. 48) is repealed.

Savings and transitional provisions

18. In respect of any commission of inquiry appointed

under section 2 of the repealed Commissions of Inquiry Act
(referred to in this section as the repealed Act) before the
date of commencement of this Act, the repealed Act shall

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continue to apply to such commission of inquiry and all
matters arising therefrom as if the repealed Act had not
been repealed.

Related amendments to other written laws

19. The provisions of the Acts specified in the first column

of the Second Schedule are amended in the manner set out
in the second column thereof.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Section 14

INQUIRY POWERS AND PROCEEDINGS

Powers of inquiry body

1.—(1) An inquiry body shall not rule on and has no power

to determine the civil or criminal liability of any person, but
an inquiry body is not to be inhibited in the discharge of its
functions by any likelihood of liability being inferred from
facts that it determines or recommendations that it makes.

(2) For the purposes of conducting an inquiry under this

Act, the inquiry body shall have powers to—

(a) procure and receive all such evidence, written or

oral, as the inquiry body may think it necessary or
desirable to procure;

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 (b) examine all such persons as witnesses as the
inquiry body may think it necessary or desirable to
examine, and determine the order in which those
witnesses shall be examined;
(c) require the evidence (whether written or oral) of
any witness to be made on oath or affirmation (such
oath or affirmation to be that which could be required
of the witness if he were giving evidence in a court) or
by statutory declaration;

(d) summon any person in Singapore to attend any

meeting of the inquiry body to do all or any of the
following:
(i) give evidence;
(ii) produce any document, record or other thing
in his custody or under his control;
(e) issue a warrant of arrest to compel the attendance
of any person who, after having been summoned to
attend, fails to do so, and does not excuse such failure
to the satisfaction of the inquiry body, and order him to
pay all costs which may have been occasioned in
compelling his attendance or by reason of his refusal to
obey the summons; and
(f) require a witness to execute a bond binding himself
to attend when called upon before the inquiry body to
give evidence.

(3) The inquiry body shall have the powers of a judge for
the purposes of—

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 (a) recovering any costs awarded;
(b) enforcing any forfeiture of a bond; or
(c) giving effect to any warrant of arrest.

(4) In addition to the powers described in sub-paragraph

(3), a commission of inquiry shall have the powers of a
Judge of the High Court for the purposes of giving effect to
any order of imprisonment and enforcing the payment of
any fine imposed.

(5) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Evidence

Act (Cap. 97), the inquiry body may admit any evidence
(whether written or oral) which might be inadmissible in
civil or criminal proceedings.

(6) Subject to any direction contained in the terms of

reference, the inquiry body may admit or exclude the public
or the press from the proceedings or any part of the
proceedings of the inquiry body.

(7) The inquiry body may award any person who has
attended any proceedings of the inquiry body, including any
interpreter appointed under paragraph 3, such sums as may
be assessed in accordance with rules made under section
15(2)(b) or 16(2)(b) (as the case may be) to have been
reasonably incurred by the person by reason of his
attendance.

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(8) Any sums awarded pursuant to sub-paragraph (7) shall
be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund.

Power to suspend inquiry

2.—(1) The chairman may at any time, with the consent of

the appointing authority, issue a notice to suspend an
inquiry for such period as appears to him to be necessary to
allow for—

(a) the completion of any other investigation relating

to any of the matters to which the inquiry relates; or
(b) the determination of any civil or criminal
proceedings (including proceedings before a
disciplinary tribunal) arising out of any of those
matters.

(2) The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) may be

exercised whether or not the investigation or proceedings
have begun.

(3) A notice under sub-paragraph (1) may suspend the

inquiry until a specified day, until the happening of a
specified event or until the chairman, with the consent of
the appointing authority, gives further notice to the other
members of the inquiry body.

Interpreters

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3. An inquiry body shall have the power to appoint any
person, whether in the service of the Government or not, to
act as interpreter in any matter brought before the inquiry
body and to translate any books, papers or writings
produced to the inquiry body.

Admissibility of evidence

4. No evidence taken in the course of any inquiry shall be

admissible as evidence in any proceedings against the
person who gave the evidence, other than proceedings,
whether criminal or disciplinary, for an offence under this
Act or an offence of giving or fabricating false evidence
under any written law.

Offences

5.—(1) Any person who, during the course of an inquiry—

(a) wilfully gives false evidence when examined on

oath or on affirmation before an inquiry body;
(b) does anything that is intended to have the effect of,
or anything that he knows or believes is likely to have
the effect of—
(i) distorting or otherwise altering any evidence,
document, record or other thing that is given,
produced or provided to the inquiry; or
(ii) preventing any evidence, document, record or
other thing from being given, produced or

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 provided to the inquiry;
(c) intentionally suppresses or conceals any document
that is, and that he knows or believes to be, a relevant
document; or
(d) intentionally alters or destroys any document that
is, and that he knows or believes to be, a relevant
document,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on

conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to both.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c) and (d), a

document is a “relevant document” if it is likely that the
inquiry body would (if aware of the existence of the
document) wish to be provided with it.

Penalty for threats, etc., to witnesses

6.—(1) Any person who—

(a) hinders or attempts to hinder any person, who has

been summoned to attend as a witness before any
inquiry body, from attending as a witness or from
giving evidence before the inquiry body; or
(b) by threats or coercion, deters or attempts to deter
any person from giving such evidence,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on

conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to
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imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to both.

(2) Any person who wilfully threatens, insults, injures or

causes loss or disadvantage to any person for having given
evidence, or on account of the evidence which he has given
before the inquiry body, shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to
both.

Contempt

7.—(1) Any person who—

(a) offers any act of disrespect or any insult or threat to

an inquiry body or to any member in the exercise of
that member’s powers or functions as a member while
sitting in the inquiry body;
(b) offers any act of disrespect or any insult or threat at
any other time and place to an inquiry body or to any
member on account of the exercise of that member’s
powers or functions as a member;
(c) wilfully interrupts, obstructs or disturbs the
proceedings of an inquiry body;
(d) without lawful excuse, refuses to take an oath or
make an affirmation when required to do so by an
inquiry body;
(e) having been served with a summons referred to in
paragraph 1(2)(d), without lawful excuse, disobeys the

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 summons;
(f) as a witness, without lawful excuse, refuses to
answer any question relevant to the inquiry to which a
member requires an answer; or
(g) does any other act or thing that would, if the
inquiry body were a court of record, constitute a
contempt of court,

shall be guilty of contempt.

(2) Any person who is guilty of contempt shall be guilty of

an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 2 years or to both.

Commissioners’ powers to punish contempt

8.—(1) Where an act of contempt referred to in paragraph

7(1) is committed in the presence of the commissioners
sitting in commission, the commissioners may after hearing
the offender in his defence pass sentence upon him
immediately in accordance with paragraph 7(2).

(2) In any other case the commissioners may summon the

offender to appear before them at a time and place to be
specified in the summons, to show cause why he should not
be adjudged to have committed an act of contempt and dealt
with in accordance with paragraph 7(2).

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(3) If any person who has been summoned in accordance
with sub-paragraph (2) fails to attend at the time and place
specified in the summons, the commissioners may issue a
warrant to compel the attendance of that person.

Public Prosecutor to aid inquiry body

9.—(1) An inquiry body may require the Public Prosecutor

to cause any matter relevant to the inquiry to be
investigated.

(2) Any person appointed by the Public Prosecutor to

investigate any such matter shall for the purposes of such
investigations—

(a) have all the powers in relation to police

investigations given to police officers in any seizable
case under the provisions of Chapter XIII of the
Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68); and
(b) when authorised in writing by the Public
Prosecutor, have the power to search any premises and
take possession of any articles or documents as
specified in the authorisation.

Representation before inquiry body

10.—(1) Any person whose conduct is the subject of

inquiry under this Act, or who is in any way implicated or
concerned in the matter under inquiry, shall be entitled to be
represented by an advocate at the whole of the inquiry.
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(2) Any other person who considers it desirable that he
should be represented by an advocate may, by leave of the
inquiry body, be represented by an advocate.

Role of Attorney-General

11.—(1) If the Attorney-General has been appointed to lead

evidence in an inquiry under the terms of reference, the
Attorney-General or, at the direction of the Attorney-
General, the Solicitor-General or State Counsel shall lead
evidence in the inquiry.

(2) Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1), the Attorney-

General or, at the direction of the Attorney-General, the
Solicitor-General or State Counsel shall be entitled at any
time to appear before and address the inquiry body on any
matter which appears to the Attorney-General to be relevant
to the inquiry.

Protection of members, advocates, assessors and

witnesses

12.—(1) Every member of an inquiry body shall, in the

exercise of his duty as a member, have the same protection
and immunity as a judge.

(2) Every witness summoned to attend or appearing before

the inquiry body shall have the same privileges and
immunities, and shall in addition to the penalties provided
by this Act be subject to the same liabilities in any civil or
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criminal proceedings, as a witness in any case tried in a
court.

(3) An assessor assisting an inquiry body shall have the

same protection and immunity as an assessor assisting in
proceedings in a court.

(4) An advocate assisting an inquiry body or an advocate

appearing on behalf of a person at a hearing before an
inquiry body shall have respectively the same protection
and immunity as an advocate assisting in or an advocate
appearing for a party in proceedings in a court.

(5) For the purposes of the law of defamation, that same

privilege attaches to—

(a) any statement made in or for the purposes of

proceedings before an inquiry body (including the
report and any interim report of the inquiry body); and
(b) reports of proceedings before an inquiry body, as
would be the case if those proceedings were
proceedings before a court.

Procedure and form

13. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the procedure to be

followed by an inquiry body and the form of any order,
summons, warrant or other document made or issued for the
purposes of this Act shall be determined by the inquiry
body.
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Payment of remuneration or expenses

14.—(1) The appointing authority may agree to pay such

remuneration and expenses as the appointing authority may
determine to—

(a) any of the members of the inquiry body;

(b) any assessor to the inquiry; and
(c) any person engaged to provide assistance to the
inquiry body.

(2) Any sums agreed by the appointing authority under sub-

paragraph (1) shall be charged on and paid out of the
Consolidated Fund.

Reports

15.—(1) The inquiry body shall deliver a report to the

appointing authority setting out—

(a) the facts determined by the inquiry body; and

(b) the recommendations of the inquiry body (where
the terms of reference require the inquiry body to make
recommendations).

(2) The report may also contain anything else that the
inquiry body considers to be relevant to the terms of
reference (including any recommendations the inquiry body
sees fit to make despite not being required to do so by the
terms of reference).
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(3) Before making a report under sub-paragraph (1), the
inquiry body may submit to the appointing authority an
interim report containing anything that a report under that
sub-paragraph may contain.

(4) A report of an inquiry must be signed by each member

of the inquiry body.

(5) If the inquiry body is unable to produce a unanimous

report, the report must reflect the points of disagreement.

(6) In sub-paragraphs (4) and (5), “report” includes an

interim report submitted under sub-paragraph (3).

(7) The appointing authority may cause the report of the

inquiry body to be made public at such time and in such
manner as he thinks fit.

Reference to court and judge

16. In this Schedule—

(a) where the inquiry body is a commission of inquiry,

a reference to a court shall be construed as a reference
to the High Court and a reference to a judge shall be
construed as a reference to a Judge of the High Court;
and
(b) where the inquiry body is a committee of inquiry, a
reference to a court shall be construed as a reference to

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 a District Court and a reference to a judge shall be
construed as a reference to a District Judge.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Section 19

RELATED AMENDMENTS TO OTHER WRITTEN

LAWS

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 First
Second column
column
Oaths and
Declarations
Act
(1)
(Chapter
211, 2001
Ed.)
Insert, immediately after the word
Section 2 “commission” in the definition of “person
acting judicially”, the word “, committee”.
Parliament
(Privileges,
Immunities
and Powers)
(2)
Act
(Chapter
217,
2000 Ed.)
Insert, immediately after the words
(a) Section
“commission of inquiry”, the words “,
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committee of inquiry”.
Insert, immediately after the words
(b) Section
“commission of inquiry”, the words “or
9(1)(b)
committee of inquiry”.
(3) Subordinate
Courts Act

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 (Chapter
321, 2007
Ed.)
Insert, immediately after the words
Section
“commission of inquiry”, the words “,
64(2)
committee of inquiry”.
Supreme
Court of
Judicature
(4) Act
(Chapter
322, 2007
Ed.)
Insert, immediately after the words
Section
“commission of inquiry”, the words “,
75(2)
committee of inquiry”.

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