{"id":434,"date":"2024-08-22T13:05:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clrc.gov.pg\/?page_id=434"},"modified":"2024-10-01T21:42:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:42:53","slug":"vision-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clrc.gov.pg\/index.php\/vision-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Functions &#038; Powers of the Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;FTC&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1726758103594{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Section 12 of the CLRC Act 2004 provides the following law reforms:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>review of Constitutional Law;<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>review of all the laws of Papua New Guinea;<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>make recommendations in relation to the making of laws;<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>make recommendations for the consolidation or repeal of laws;<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>make recommendations for the development of new approaches to the changing needs of society;<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>liaise with National Government in implementing its recommendations to Parliament, and;<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>monitor the development of the Underlying Law of Papua New Guinea in accordance Schedule 2 of the <em>Constitution<\/em> and the <em>Underlying Law Act <\/em><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;POWERS OF THE COMMISSION&#8221; 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and,<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">exercise the power of a Commission of Inquiry in summoning and prosecuting people who defy the Commission during its inquiries as per the\u00a0<em>Commission of Inquiry Act.<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;FTC&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1726758103594{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Section 12 of the CLRC Act<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-434","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Functions &amp; 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