Section 2
Power to issue Commissions
of Commissions of Inquiry Ordinance, 1958
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(1)
It shall be lawful for the Yang di-Pertua Negeri wherever he shall deem it advisable to issue a Commission appointing one or more Commissioners, and authorizing such Commissioners or any quorum of them therein mentioned, to inquire into the conduct of any officer or officers in the public service of Sarawak, the conduct or management of any department of the public service or any public or local institution or into any matter within the legislative or executive authority of the State in which an inquiry would, in the opinion of the
Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri be for the public welfare.
[Mod. Swk. L.N. 68/64; Am.Ord. No. 9/76; Cap. A28.]
(2)
The Commission shall specify the subject of the inquiry and may if there is more than one Commissioner—
(a)
direct which Commissioner shall be Chairman;
(b)
direct where and when such inquiry shall be made and the report thereof rendered;
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(c)
prescribe how such Commission shall be executed; and
(d)
direct whether the inquiry, or any part thereof, shall or shall not be held in public.