REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 43] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1986/SRAVANA 30, 1908 Separate Paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 21st August, 1986/Sravana 30, 1908 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President en the 20th August, 1986, and is hereby published for general information:—- THE COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1986 No. 36 OF 1986 [20th August, 1986.]
An Act further to amend the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Commissions of Inquiry (Amendment) Act, 1986.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 14th day of May, 1986.
2. In section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after sub-section (4), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:—
(5) The provisions of sub-section (4) shall not apply if the appropriate Government is satisfied that in the interest of the Short title and commencement.
Amendment of Act 60 of 1952.
(1) 85—Job 1 * -. THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, [PART E—SSG. 1] sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States or in the public interest, it ia not expedient to lay before the House of the People or, as the case may be, the Legislative Assembly of the State, the report, or any part thereof, of the Commission on the inquiry made by the Commission under sub-aection (1), and isguns a notification to th&t effect in the Official Gazette.
Explanation.—For the purpose of sub-section '(5), "report" includes an interim report and all proceedings of a Commission.
(6) Every notification issued under sub-section (5) shall be laid before the House of the People or, as the case may be, the Legislative Assembly of the State, if it is sitting, as soon as may be after the issue of the notification, and ;f it is not sitting, within seven days of its reassembly, and the appropriate Government shall seek the approval of the House of the People or, as the case may be, the Legislative Assembly of the State, to the notification by a resolution moved within a period of fifteen days beginning with the day on which the notification is so laid before the House of the People or, as the case may be, the Legislative Assembly of the State and if the House of the People or, as the case may be, the Legislative Assembly of the State makes any modification in the notification or directs that the notification should cease to have efi'ect, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be.'.
3. (I) The Commissions of Inquiry (Amendment) Ordinance, 1986, is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.
S. RAMAIAH, Secy, to the Govt. of India,.
Repeal and saving.
Sof 1986.
fHINTKD BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PR4SS, MtNTO HOAB, NDW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DBLHI T 1 0 8 *