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Official Languages Commission Act (No. 18 of 1991) - Sect 23

Commission to make a report of its investigation

23.
(1) If after carrying out an investigation under this Act, the Commission is of the opinion that"
(a) the act or omission which was the subject matter of an investigation should be referred to the public institution concerned for consideration and action ; or
(b) any directive of a public institution should be reconsidered or any practice that leads or is likely to lead to a contravention of Chapter IV of the Constitution should be altered or discontinued ; or
(c) any other action should be taken,
(2) If after carrying out an investigation under this Act the Commission is satisfied that the complaint is not made out it shall report that opinion, and the reasons therefor, to the complainant.
(3) The Commission shall make its report within sixty days of the making of the complaint, and if the investigation cannot be concluded for reasons beyond the control of the Commission, the Commission shall file an interim report within sixty days outlining the reasons for the delay.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3) the final report shall be available within one hundred and twenty days of the making of the complaint, and the Commission shall make available forthwith, a copy of such report to the complainant.
(5) The Commission may in the report to be filed under subsection (3), make such recommendations as the Commission thinks fit, and direct the head of the public institution concerned, to notify the Commission within a specified time of the Action, if any that the institution proposes to take, to give effect to, those recommendations


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