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Inquiries Act 2007

This provision says the Act is called the Inquiries Act 2007 and defines key terms used for commissions and committees of inquiry.

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Singapore
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1 provisions
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Year 2007
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Enacted 2007
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Inquiries Act 2007

This provision says the Act is called the Inquiries Act 2007 and defines key terms used for commissions and committees of inquiry.

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§ —Inquiries Act 2007Short title

This provision says the Act is called the Inquiries Act 2007 and defines key terms used for commissions and committees of inquiry.

Inquiries Act 2007 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act to enable the President to appoint a commission of inquiry and to enable the relevant Minister to appoint a committee of inquiry, and to provide for matters related thereto. [1 November 2007] PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act is the Inquiries Act 2007. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “appointing authority”, in relation to a commission of inquiry, means the President and, in relation to a committee of inquiry, means the Minister who appointed the committee of inquiry under section 9 and includes his or her successor in office; “commission” or “commission of inquiry” means any commission of inquiry appointed by the President under section 3, and includes the members of the commission, or a quorum of the members, or the sole member, sitting for the purposes of the inquiry; “committee” or “committee of inquiry” means any committee of inquiry appointed by the Minister under section 9, and includes the members of the committee, or a quorum of the members, or the sole member, sitting for the purposes of the inquiry; “inquiry body” means a commission of inquiry or a committee of inquiry, and includes the members of such commission of inquiry or committee of inquiry, or a quorum of the members, or the sole member, sitting for the purposes of the inquiry; “member” means a member of any commission of inquiry or committee of inquiry (as the case may be) and includes the chairperson of such commission or committee; “Minister”, in relation to a committee of inquiry, means the Minister who appointed the committee of inquiry under section 9 and includes the Minister’s successor in office; “terms of reference”, in relation to an inquiry body, means the terms of reference issued to the inquiry body under section 3(2) or 9(2) (as the case may be) and includes any modification made to the terms of reference under section 3(3) or 9(3).
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