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\par 2. Interpretation
\par 3. High Commissioner may appoint Commissions of Inquiry
\par 4. Members of Commissions protected
\par 5. Commissioner's powers
\par 6. Persons interested entitled to be heard at inquiry
\par 7. Service of Summons
\par 8. Protection of witnesses and counsel
\par 9. Witnesses' allowances
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\par 13. Power to award costs
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Commissioners
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 by the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3557400\charrsid461728 -}{
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid721598 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid721598 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid721598\charrsid461728 (e) W}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
hen any ship proceeds to sea from any harbour in the Cook Islands and is lost }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5179344\charrsid461728 or is supposed to have been lost}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 and any evidence is obtainable in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728  t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 he Cook Islands as to the circumstances under which she proceeded to sea or}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 was last heard of.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid721598 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 4. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Members of Commissions protected}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 - So long as any member of any such Com}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
ission acts bona fide in the discharge of his duties, no action shall lie against}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 him for anything }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5179344\charrsid461728 h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 e may report or s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
ay in the course of the inquiry}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 .
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par 5. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 Comm}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 issioners' powers}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 - Every such Commission shall for the purpose of the inquiry have the power and status of a Judge of the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5179344\charrsid461728 H}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
igh Court in respect of citing parties interested in the inquiry, summoning witnesses, administering oaths, hearing evidence, and conducting and maintaining order at the inquiry.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 6. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Persons interested entitled to be heard}{
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728  }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 at inquiry}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 - Any person interested in the inquiry shall, if he satisfies the Commission that he has an interest in the inquiry apart from any interest in common with the 
public, be entitled to appear and be heard at the inquiry as if he had been cited as a party to the inquiry.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 7. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Service of Summons}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 - Every summons to a witness shall be served either by delivering the same to the person summoned or by leaving the same at his usual place of abode within a reasonable time bef}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
ore his attendance is required.
\par 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 8. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Protection of witnesses and counsel}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 - Every witness attendin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid721598\charrsid461728 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 and giving evidence in pursuance of any such summons, and every counsel appearing before any Commission, shall have the same privileges}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5179344\charrsid461728  an}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 d immunities as}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
witnesses and counsel in the High Court.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 9. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Witnesses' allowances}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 - Every witness attending in pursuance of any such summons shall be entitled to expenses for travelling and maintenance during his absence f
rom his usual place of abode according to the scale allowed to witnesses in civil cases by the rules of the High Court 1916:
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Provided that persons prosecuting any claim before a Commission shall not be entitled to be paid }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
any moneys under this section.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid721598\charrsid461728 0}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 . }{
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Payment of witnesses' allowances}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  - (1) Where the Commission has obtained t}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 e aut}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 h}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 ority in writing of the Minister of Justice for sum}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 m}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 oning any witness, the expenses of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  that witness shal}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 l, if certified by the Chairm}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 of the Commission be paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Government Account.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 (2) In every other case the person requiring the evidence of any witness shall, before the summons is issued, deposit with the Commission such sum of money as the Commiss
ion deems sufficient, and the expenses of the witness shall be paid out of the sum so deposited.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 11. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Non-attendance, etc., of witness}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 
 - Every person wh}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 o, after being duly su}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 mmo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
ned to attend before the Co}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 mm}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 ission, or to produce thereto any books, papers, writings or documents -
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4218443 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 (a) Fails to appea}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 
r according to the exigency of s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 uch summons; or
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid721598 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4218443 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 (b) Refuses to be sworn or to give evidence, or to make answer to suc}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 h questions as m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 ay be put to h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
im by the Commission or any member thereof touching the subject of the inquiry; or
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid721598 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4218443 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 (c) Fails to produce any such books, papers, writings, or documents,
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid721598 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 is liable for every such default to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds:
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Provided that no person so summoned shall be liable to an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 y}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  such fine unless at the time of the service of the summons there was}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  made to him a payment or a tend}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 er of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 his travelling expenses, accordin}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  to the scale allowed to witnesses in civil cases by}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 e rules of the High Court 1916}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 :}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Provided also that no person so summoned shall be bound to appear according to the exigency of the sum}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 
mons if, in order to appear, he}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  would have to travel more than two hundred miles, by the usual way, from his usual place of abode to the place where }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 he}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  is summoned to appear.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par 12. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 Reference of point of law to H}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 igh Court}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  - (1) Th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 e Commission may refer any dispu}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
ted point of law arising}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 in the course of an inquiry to the High Court for deci}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 sion, and for this purpose may e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 ither conclude the inquiry subject to such decision or may at any 
stage of the inquiry adjourn it unt}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 il after the decision has been g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 iven.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 (2) The question shall be in the form of a special case to be drawn up by the parties (if any) to the inquiry, and, if the parties do not a}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 e}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 e or if there are}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728  no parties, to be settled by th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 e Commission.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par (3) The decision of the H}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 igh Court shall be final and}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  binding upon all parties t}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 e inquiry and upon the Commission.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 13. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Power to award costs}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 - The Commission, upon the hearing of an inquiry, may}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728  orde}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 r that
 the whole or any portion of the costs of the inquiry or of any party thereto shall be paid by any of the parties to the inquiry, or by all or any of the persons who have procured the inquiry to be held:
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10296600\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Provided }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 that no }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 such order s}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 all be made against a
ny person who has not been cited as a party or authorised by the Commission, pursuant to section 6 of this Act, to appear and be heard}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  at the inquiry or summoned to }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 attend and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 ive evidence at the inquiry.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 14. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Enforcing orders for costs}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 
 - For the purpose of enforcing}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  any order of the Commission for the payment of costs,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 a duplicate of such order may be filed by the person to whom the costs ar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 e payable in any office of the H}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 igh Court and shall thereupon be enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of that Court in its civil jurisdiction.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 15. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Powers of Jud}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 g}{
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 es w}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 h}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 en Commissioners}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  - (1) I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 n every case where u}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 nd}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 er this Act, or any other Act for the time being in force in the Coo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 k}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  Islands, the High Commissioner or t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 he H}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 ig}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  Commissioner in Executive Council appoints one or more Judges of the }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13782999\charrsid461728 H}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 igh Court to be members of a Commission for the purpose o}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  holding any inquiry, every such Judge, and the Commissi}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10760187\charrsid461728 on of which h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 e is a member, sh}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
all, for all the purposes of such inquiry, have th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10252905\charrsid461728 e same powers, privileges and imm}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 unities as are}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  possessed by a Judge of the Hig}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 h Court in the exercise of its civil jurisdiction under the Constitution.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 (2) For the purpose of enforcing any order made by such Commission the order shall, as }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 soon as }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 conveniently may be after the ma}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10252905\charrsid461728 k}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
ing thereof, be drawn up and signed}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
by the Chairman (whose signature and status shall be judicially noticed), and may }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10760187\charrsid461728 b}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 e filed in any office of the }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10252905\charrsid461728 High}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  Court, whereupon the order shall be enforceable in the same manner as a final
 judgment of that Court in civil proceedings.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 (3) In the case of every such Commission section 12 of this Act shall be read as if the words "Supreme Court of New Zealand" were substitu}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14573172 ted for the words "High Court}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14573172 .}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 16. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Power to make scale of costs}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  - The
 High Commissioner by Order in Executive Council}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728  ma}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
y from time to time make rules prescribing a scale of costs payable in respect of any inquiry under this Act.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 17. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 Extent of Act}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 - This Act shall extend and apply to all inquiries held by }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10760187\charrsid461728 Commissioners appointed by the High Commissioner or the H}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 igh Commissioner by Order in Executive Council under any Act for the time being in force in the Cook Islands.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 18. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 Revocation an}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 d Savings}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728  - (1) The Cook Islands Commissions of In}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 q}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
uiry Re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4218443\charrsid461728 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 ulations 1958 are hereby revoked.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
(2) Without limiting the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924 as amended and applied to the Cook Islands it is hereby declared that the revocation of any provision by this Act shall not affect any document made or any t}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10760187\charrsid461728 hing whatsoever done under any}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 
 provision so revoked or under any corresponding former provision and every such document, or thing so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the revocation and could have b}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10760187\charrsid461728 
een made or done under this Act }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 shall continue and have effect as if it}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10760187\charrsid461728  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16538317\charrsid461728 had been made or done under any corresponding prevision of this Act and as if that provision had been in force when the document was made or the thing was done.
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