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Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950
sec.25Offences
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### sec.25 Offences
A person who commits an offence against this Act may be punished therefor by way of summary proceedings upon the complaint of a chairperson or a person authorised in that behalf by a chairperson.
In any summary proceedings the description in the complaint of the complainant as a chairperson or a person authorised by a chairperson to lay the complaint shall be sufficient proof thereof.
Nothing in this section relates to an act, refusal, failure or omission of any person that constitutes and is dealt with as a contempt of a commission.
s 25 ins 1987 No. 59 s 4 sch 1
amd 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1
(sec.25-ssec.1) A person who commits an offence against this Act may be punished therefor by way of summary proceedings upon the complaint of a chairperson or a person authorised in that behalf by a chairperson.
(sec.25-ssec.2) In any summary proceedings the description in the complaint of the complainant as a chairperson or a person authorised by a chairperson to lay the complaint shall be sufficient proof thereof.
(sec.25-ssec.3) Nothing in this section relates to an act, refusal, failure or omission of any person that constitutes and is dealt with as a contempt of a commission.