REPUBLIC OF FIJI

Commissions of Inquiry (Amendment) Act 2022

ACT NO. 4 OF 2022

I assent.
W. KATONIVERE
President
[10 February 2022]
AN ACT
TO AMEND THE COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1946
ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji—
Short title and commencement
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Commissions of Inquiry (Amendment) Act 2022.
(2) This Act comes into force on a date or dates appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.
(3) In this Act, the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1946 is referred to as the "Principal Act".
Section 12 amended
2. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting "of $200 or to imprisonment for a term of 6 months" and substituting "not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years".
Section 13 amended
3. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting "of $200 or to imprisonment for a term of 6 months" and substituting "not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years".
Section 14 amended
4. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting "of $100 or to imprisonment for a term of 3 months" and substituting "not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year".
Section 16 amended
5. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended by—
	(a) deleting "$200 or to" and substituting "$1,000 or"; and
	(b) deleting "6 months" and substituting "2 years".

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 10th day of February 2022.