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Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 6A

Title : Persons Not Obliged to Disclose Secret Process of Manufacture of Goods in Certain Cases

State : Central

Year : 1952

[6A. Persons not obliged to disclose secret process of manufacture of goods in certain cases1 Except in cases where a Commission is expressly required to inquire into the process of manufacture of any goods, nothing in this Act shall be deemed to compel any person giving evidence before the Commission to disclose any secret process of manufacture thereof.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 79 of 1971, section 9. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 7

Title : Commission to Cease to Exist when So Notified

State : Central

Year : 1952

[7. Commission toceaseto exist when so notified1 (1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that-- (a) a Commission (other than a Commission appointed in pursuance of a resolution passed by 3[each House of Parliament or, as the case may be, the Legislature of the State] shall cease to exist, if it is of opinion that the continued existence of the Commission is unnecessary; (b) a Commission appointed in pursuance of a resolution passed by2[each House of Parliament or, as the case may be, the Legislature of the State] shall cease to exist if a resolution for the discontinuance of the Commission is passed by2[each House of Parliament or, as the case may be, the Legislature of the State]. (2) Every notification issued under sub-section (1)..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 8

Title : Procedure to Be Followed by the Commission

State : Central

Year : 1952

The Commission shall, subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, have power to regulate its own procedure (including the fixing of places and times of its sittings and deciding whether to sit in public or in private)1[* * *]. ______________________ 1. Certain words omitted by Act 79 of 1971, section 11. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 8C

Title : Right of Cross-examination and Representation by Legal Practitioner

State : Central

Year : 1952

The appropriate Government, every person referred to in section 8B and, with the permission of the Commission, any other person whose evidence is recorded by the Commission,-- (a) may cross-examine a witness other than a witness produced by it or him; (b) may address the Commission; and (c) may be represented before the Commission by a legal practitioner or, with the permission of the Commission, by any other person.] View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 9

Title : Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith

State : Central

Year : 1952

No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the appropriate Government, the Commission or any member thereof, or any person acting under the direction either of the appropriate Government or of the Commission in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or of any rules or orders made thereunder or in respect of the publication, by or under the authority of the appropriate Government or the Commission, of any report, paper or proceedings. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 10

Title : Members, Etc., to Be Public Servants

State : Central

Year : 1952

Every member of the Commission and every officer appointed or authorised by the Commission in exercise of functions under this Act shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860). View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 10A

Title : Penalty for Acts Calculated to Bring the Commission or Any Member Thereof into Disrepute

State : Central

Year : 1952

[10A. Penalty for acts calculated to bring the Commission or any member thereof into disrepute 1 (1) If any person, by words either spoken or intended to be read, makes or publishes any statement or does any other act, which is calculated to bring the Commission or any member thereof into disrepute, he shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both. 2 [(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), when an offence under sub-section (1) is alleged to have been committed, the High Court may take cognizance of such offence, without the case being committed to it, upon a complaint in writing, made by a member of a Commission or an officer of the Commission authorised by it in..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1981 (29 of 1981) Section 6

Title : Territorial Limits in Which Powers Specified in Section 5 May Be Exercised

State : Karnataka

Year : 1981

For the purpose of exercising the powers specified in section 5, the territorial jurisdiction of every authorised inquiring authority shall extend to the limits of the territory to which this Act extends. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1981 (29 of 1981) Section 7

Title : Power to Make Rules

State : Karnataka

Year : 1981

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for the purposes of giving effect to the provisions of this Act. (2) Every rule made by the State Government under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each Houses of the State legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall from the date on which the modification or annulment is notified by the State Government in the official Gazette..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Section 18

Title : Steps During and After Inquiry

State : Central

Year : 1993

1 [The Commission may take any of the following steps during or upon the completion of an inquiry held under this Act, namely:-- (a) where the inquiry discloses the commission of violation of human rights or negligence in the prevention of violation of human rights or abetment thereof by a public servant, it may recommend to the concerned Government or authority-- (i) to make payment of compensation or damages to the complainant or to the victim or the members of his family as the Commission may consider necessary; (ii) to initiate proceedings for prosecution or such other suitable action as the Commission may deem fit against the concerned person or persons; (iii) to take such further action as it may think fit; (b) approach the Supreme Court or the High Court concerned for..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section


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