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Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951
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C2017C00109 C13
22 March 2017
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1 Short title
2 Commencement
4 Interpretation
4A Application of the Criminal Code
5 Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
6 Chair and Deputy Chair
6A Meetings of Committee
7 Quorum and voting
8 Duties of the Committee
8A Committee may approve or reject recommendation for appointment of Auditor-General or Independent Auditor
8B Annual report
9 Sectional Committees
10 Power to take evidence
11 Sittings to be public except in certain cases
11A Disclosure and publishing of evidence taken in private
12 Continuance of evidence
13 Power to summon witnesses
14 Warrant in case of disobedience of summons
15 Witness to obey summons
16 Preventing witnesses from giving evidence
17 Witnesses not to refuse to be sworn etc.
18 False evidence
19 Privileges and protection of witnesses
20 Witnesses’ expenses
21 Offences
22 Allowances
23 Limitation of annual expenditure
24 Regulations
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Endnotes
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Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
