Queensland Consolidated Acts

COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1950

- As at 7 March 2017
- Act cia of 1950

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title
   2.      (Repealed)
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Application of Act
   4A.     Interaction of commission with courts etc.
   5.      Power to summon witness and require production of books etc.
   5A.     Procedure upon noncompliance with s 5(2)
   5B.     Attendance of prisoner, patient or forensic disability client before commission
   6.      Oaths, affirmations and declarations
   7.      Duty of witness to continue in attendance
   8.      Arrest of witness failing to attend
   9A.     Warrant in the first instance or before return of summons
   9.      Contempt of a commission
   10.     Punishment of contempt of a commission
   11.     Enforcement of and appeals against summary punishments imposed under this Act
   12.     Service of summons and execution of warrant
   13.     Powers of chairperson if a judge of the Supreme Court
   14.     Answers and documents
   14A.    Statements made by witness not admissible in evidence against the witness
   14B.    Protection to and liability of witnesses
   15.     When acts or omissions to be separate offences
   16.     Power to prohibit publication of evidence
   16A.    Power of tribunal as to exclusion of public
   17.     Commission not to be bound by rules as to procedure or evidence
   18.     Power to sit at any time and place
   19.     Powers of commission as to inspection and copies of documents etc.
   19A.    Search for and seizure of evidence
   19B.    Commission’s custody of books etc.
   19C.    Authority to use listening devices
   20.     Protection for participants in commissions
   21.     Examination of witnesses by counsel etc.
   22.     Indictable offences in connection with inquiry by a commission
   22A.    Evidential effect of certificates
   23.     Dismissal by employers of witness
   24.     Allowances to witnesses
   25.     Offences
   26.     (Repealed)
   27.     Appointment of deputy to a commission
   28.     Functions of deputy to a commission
   29.     Effect of exercise of authority of deputy to the commission
   30.     Reference by commission to evidence etc. before deputy to a commission
   30A.    Delegation to deputy to a commission
   31.     Commission may make separate reports etc.
   32.     Reports may be tabled
   32A.    Disclosure of particular information only if reasonable
   32B.    Confidentiality of information
   33.     Regulation-making power
   34.     References to Official Inquiries Evidence Act 1910
   35.     Transitional provision for Penalties and Sentences and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012