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### 58 Powers and duties of Commission
> *\[Section 58 Inserted by 21 Geo. V No. 52, s. 3 \]**\[Section 58 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 1958, s. 4 and Sched. 5 \]**\[Section 58 Subsection (1) amended by No. 31 of 1961, s. 41 \]*
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> > (1) *\[Section 58 Subsection (1) amended by 24 Geo. V No. 43, s. 4 \]*[*\[Section 58 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 53 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:26 Jun 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-06-26/act-1997-053#JS1@Ja7@GC8@EN) The Commission may advise the Governor on any State transport or traffic matters.
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> > (2) *\[Section 58 Subsection (2) amended by No. 36 of 1958, s. 4 and Sched. 5 \]*[*\[Section 58 Subsection (2) omitted by No. 53 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:26 Jun 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-06-26/act-1997-053#JS1@Ja7@GC8@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (3) *\[Section 58 Subsection (3) amended by No. 36 of 1958, s. 4 and Sched. 5 \]*[*\[Section 58 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 53 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:26 Jun 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-06-26/act-1997-053#JS1@Ja7@GC8@EN) The Commission may, with the approval of the Minister, hold such public inquiries into any matter relating to State transport or traffic as it thinks fit.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 58 Subsection (4) amended by No. 80 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-07-01/act-2001-080#JS1@Ja24@GC2@EN) *\[Section 58 Subsection (4) amended by No. 36 of 1958, s. 4 and Sched. 5 \]*For the purposes of any such public inquiry as aforesaid the Commission shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority conferred upon a Commission established under the [Commissions of Inquiry Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-070) , and subject to any prescribed conditions may sit at such times and in such places as it thinks best.