Parliamentary Evidence (Amendment) Act 1939 (NSW)

Parliamentary Evidence (Amendment) Act.

PAELTAMENTARY EVIDENCE

(AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 8, 1939.

N̂*°?®i939 extend the provisions of the Parha- mentarv Evidence Act, 1901, to and in respect of Joint Committees of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly; for that purpose to amend the Parhamentary Evidence Act, 1901, in certain respects; and for purposes connected therewith. [As­ sented to, 4th September, 1939.]

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'O E it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, r > by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales Ml Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the “ Parliamentary

Evidence (Amendment) Act, 1939.”

Amendment

of Act No.	2. The Parliamentary Evidence Act, 1901, is amended
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New sec. 14.

by inserting after section thirteen the following new

section:—

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committees.	14. A reference in this Act to a “ committee” shall extend to include a refez’ence to a joint committee of the Council and the Assembly appointed either before or after the commencement of the Parliamentary Evidence (Amendment) Act, 1939.
In the application of the provisions of this Act to and in respect of any such joint committee, such provisions shall be construed as if the joint com­ mittee were a committee of that House of the Parliament in which the proposal for the appoint­ ment of the joint committee originated.

INCLOSED