BILL NO. 96

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
53 Elizabeth II, 2004

Private Member's Bill

House of Assembly Act
(amended)

Russell MacKinnon
Cape Breton West

First Reading: September 24, 2004

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: October 1, 2004

Third Reading: October 14, 2004 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

This Bill sets out authority of a committee of the House of Assembly to issue a subpoena without the direct intervention of the Assembly.

1 Chapter 1 (1992 Supplement) of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the House of Assembly Act, is amended by adding immediately before Section 34 the following Section:

33A (1) A committee of the House may at all times command and compel the attendance before the committee of such persons and the production of such papers and things as the committee deems necessary for any of its proceedings or deliberations.

(2) Whenever a committee of the House requires the attendance of any person before the committee, the chair of the committee may issue a warrant, directed to the person named in the order of the committee, requiring the attendance of such person before the committee, and the production of such papers and things as are ordered.