(a)
(2 )
(3)
the conduct of any public
officer;
(b)
the conduct of any District
Chief or Alkalo;
(c)
the conduct or management of
any department or authority of
the public service or any local
government authority or public
enterprise; or
(d)
any matter whatever arising in
The Gambia in which an inquiry
would the opinion of the
President, be for the public
good.
The National Assembly may
request the President to establish a
commission of Inquiry for any of the
purposes set out in subsection (1).
Except as may be ordered by the
presiding Commissioner in the interest
of public morality, public safety or
public order, the proceedings of a
Commission of Inquiry shall be held in
public:
Provided that the presiding Commissioner
shall be entitled to exclude any particular
person or persons for the preservation of
order.
Presiding Commissioner 201
(1)
A person shall not be appointed a sole
Commissioner or the Chairmen of a
Commission of Inquiry unless –
(a)
(b)
(2)
he or she is, or has been, a judge of a
superior court, whether in The Gambia
or outside it; or
he or she is qualified to be appointed a
judge of a superior court.
Where a Commission of Inquiry consists of
more than two members, at least one
Commissioner shall be a person who has
special qualifications or knowledge in the
field of the matter under investigation.