Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
Bare Act · 1952
An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissions of Inquiry and for vesting such Commissions with certain powers.
- Act number
- 60 of 1952
- Enacted
- 14 August 1952
- Contents
- 20 sections
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Contents
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 2A – Construction of references to laws not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir
- Section 3 – Appointment of Commission
- Section 4 – Powers of Commission
- Section 5 – Additional powers of Commission (preview)
- Section 5A – Power of Commission to utilise the services of certain officers and investigation agencies for conducting investigation pertaining to inquiry (preview)
- Section 5B – Power of Commission to appoint assessors (preview)
- Section 6 – Statements made by persons to the Commission (preview)
- Section 6A – Persons not obliged to disclose secret process of manufacture of goods in certain cases (preview)
- Section 7 – Commission to cease to exist when so notified (preview)
- Section 8 – Procedure to be followed by the Commission (preview)
- Section 8A – Inquiry not to be interrupted by reason of vacancy or change in the constitution of the Commission (preview)
- Section 8B – Persons likely to be prejudicially affected to be heard (preview)
- Section 8C – Right of cross-examination and representation by legal practitioner (preview)
- Section 9 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 10 – Members, etc., to be public servants (preview)
- Section 10A – Penalty for acts calculated to bring the Commission or any member thereof into disrepute (preview)
- Section 11 – Act to apply to other inquiring authorities in certain cases (preview)
- Section 12 – Power to make rules (preview)