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Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities Act, 2002 (Act No. 19 of 2002)

Part 2 : Status, Objects, Powers and Functions of Commission

7. Investigations by Commission or investigating committee

 

1) The Commission may conduct an investigation in terms of section 5(1)(e) itself or may designate one or more Commission members or other persons as an investigating committee to conduct the investigation on its behalf.

 

2) For purposes of an investigation, the Commission or an investigating committee may-
a) by notice in writing summon a person to appear before the Commission or the committee, as the case may be-
i) to give evidence; or -
ii) to produce a document available to that person and specified in the summons;
b) call any person present at a meeting, whether summoned or not-
i) to give evidence before the Commission or committee, as the case may
ii) to produce a document in that person's custody at the meeting;
c) administer an oath or solemn affirmation to a person contemplated in paragraph (b);
d) question any person contemplated in paragraph (c) or have such a person questioned by a person designated by the Commission or committee, as the case may be; and
e) retain for a reasonable period a document produced in terms of paragraph (b)(ii).

 

3) If an investigating committee has been appointed to conduct an investigation on behalf of the Commission, the committee must report and make recommendations to the Commission in respect of the investigation at the completion of the investigation.