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| (1) Where, at any time whether before or in the course of an inquiry before a Commission under this Act, the Attorney-General by writing under his hand informs the Commission that any person whose conduct is or might be the subject of an inquiry by the Commission has already been prosecuted in a criminal court established under the Courts Ordinance or that criminal proceedings against such person are pending or are in contemplation in any such court in respect of an offence arising out of such conduct, then the Commission shall be deemed for all purposes never to have had and not to have power and jurisdiction to find such person guilty or not guilty of such offence. |
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| (2) The terms of reference specified in a warrant establishing a Commission issued under this Act, and the other provisions of this Act shall be read and construed subject to the preceding provisions of this section. |
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