NCJ Number
127837
Date Published
1990
Length
67 pages
Annotation
This volume presents the text of a law that was enacted in Queensland, Australia in 1989 that provides for the establishment and operation of a criminal justice commission and a parliamentary committee to be called the Criminal Justice Committee.
Abstract
Individual sections detail the establishment and organization of the commission, its responsibilities, the roles of each division, and powers related to investigations and the taking of evidence. Other sections discuss the custody and disposal of material in the commission's possession, the protection and reimbursement of persons associated with the commission, conduct that represents contempt of the commission, the structure and role of the parliamentary committee, and topics related to offenses and applications to the Supreme Court.