Section 7: General provisions as to commissions of inquiry

(1)
Where any question or other matter is referred under Section 3 of this Act to a commission of inquiry, the commission shall-
(a) make all such investigations as appear to it to be necessary;
(b) publish a notice stating the terms of the reference and specifying a period (not being less than forty days from the date of publication) within which it will consider representations with respect to the reference made to it in writing; and
(c) consider any such representations and, if it thinks fit, hear oral evidence.
(2) Where the Minister receives any report from a commission of inquiry he may, if he thinks fit, refer the report back to the commission, and the commission shall thereupon reconsider it having regard to any observations made by the Minister and shall make a further report; and the like proceeding may take place on receipt of any further report from the commission in the same manner.