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JUDICIAL MISBEHAVIOUR AND INCAPACITY (PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONS) ACT 2012 - SECT 9

Establishment

  (1)   A C ommission is established by force of this section if each House of the Parliament pass es, in the sa me session , a resolution that a C ommission be established by this Act to investigate a specified allegation of misbehaviour or incapacity of a specified Commonwealth judicial officer .

Note 1 :   A separate C ommission is established each time the Houses of the Parliament pass a resolution in relation to a specified allegation .

Note 2:   A Commission might be established to investigate more than one allegation of misbehaviour or incapacity of a specified Commonwealth judicial officer (see paragraph   23(b) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 ).

  (2)   To avoid doubt, such a C ommission may be established on or after this section commences to investigate and report in respect of misbehaviour or incapacity that is alleged to have occurred , or begun , before, on or after this section commences .



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