ACT No. XVIII or 198' AN ACTto atm'"d tht Im'urigurio" of r"justiU$ Act, 1987.

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President

18th J uly , 1989

ACT No. XVIII or 198'

AN ACTto atm'"d tht Im'urigurio" of r"justiU$ Act, 1987.

BE IT ENACTED by the Presiden t, by and with the advice and

C()nse nt of the House of Represen tat ivC5, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authori ty of the same, as follows: -

This Act may be cited as the Investigation of Injustices $lion ti ....

(Amendment) Act , 1989, and shall be read and construed as one with _No. XV

the I nvestigation of Injustices Act , 1987, hereinafter referred to as "the 01.11117.

principal Act ~.

In the long title of the principal Act , for the words '" ror the ....... l>dm<ft'oI

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establish ment and functioll!l of a Commission" there shall be substituted

the words ~ for the establishment and functions of one or more pn..apai Act.

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Commissions

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In section 2 of the principal Act, for the definition of -t he A

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Com mission~ there shall be subst ituted the following new de finitions.

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~ "the Commission" means one o r more Commissions for

[nvesligation of Injustices established under section 3 of this Act; M.

Section 3 of th e principal Act shall be amended as follows

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Kdion 1

(a) for SUbsection ( I) thereof therc shall be substituted the -~

principal Act.

following new subsection

There shall be o ne or more Commissions, each of

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which is to be known as the Commission for the Investiga tion

of Injustices and C()nsisting o f a chai rman and two other

members, appointed by the Prime Minister. M, and

(b) in subsection (7) the reof, after the words -a nd in any

such case" there shall be added the words "the Regist rar shall

assign Iha! case 10 another Commission whenever such ot her

Commission is in office, 5Ohowever that where only one

Commission is in office al any lime or when abstentions or

challenges are raised in all the Commissions in office",

For section 11 of the principal ACllhere shall be subslitllled the

fnllowing new section

11 . (I) There shal l be I Registrar 10 the Com mission

who sha ll be vested wilh the responsibili ty for the

admin ist ration o f the office of th e Commission, and who shall

ensu re a fai r distributio n of duties between the various

Commissions by assigning to them the complainlS received as

aforesaid as rar as may be by rotation in accordance ",ilb the

date of rece ipt of the complaints , sohoweve r that the

Registrar may in his discretion take into account the subject-

malle r o f each com plaint so as to e nsure that complai nts o f

the same nature are as far as may be deal! by the same

Commission.

(2) There shall also be a Secretary to each

Commission.

(3) The Registrar a nd th e Secretaries to the

various Commissions shall be persons appointed as such by

the Prime Ministeror public offIeersdesignaled by the Prime

Mini~ter 10 perform the functions of RegistTaror Seeretary as

the case may be .

(4) The Commission shall have such other staff as

the Prime Minister may deem necessary and appoint or

designate as aforesaid.".

Passed by the 1·louse of Representatives al Siuing No. 261 of the 13th July. 19S9,

LAWKENCE G O NZ I

Speaker

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Clerk 10 th e Houst of RtpreSeltllllives.

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