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Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950
sec.21Examination of witnesses by counsel etc.
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### sec.21 Examination of witnesses by counsel etc.
Any lawyer appointed by the Crown to assist a commission, any person authorised by a commission to appear before it, or any barrister or solicitor authorised by a commission to appear before it for the purpose of representing any person, may, so far as the commission thinks proper, examine or cross-examine any witness on any matter which the commission deems relevant to the inquiry, and any witness so examined or cross-examined shall have the same protection and be subject to the same liabilities as if examined by a commissioner.
s 21 amd 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1