REPUBLIC OF FIJI ISLANDS
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THE PRESIDENT
REPUBLIC OF FIJI ISLANDS

(Commissions of Inquiry Act)

COMMISSION

RATU JOSEVA ILOILOVATU ULUIVUDA, President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands

TO: JOHN ROBERT CONNORS

GREETING:

KNOW YE that I, reposing trust and confidence in your integrity, knowledge, and ability, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint you, the said

JOHN ROBERT CONNORS

To be a Commissioner to inquire into the Magistrates Courts in Fiji:

And, in particular, to inquire into and report on:

1. The appointment, conduct and performance of the current Magistrates;

2. The operation and performances of the Magistrate Courts including their registries;

3. To make recommendations for the elimination and prevention of any corrupt improper or inefficient practices within the Magistrates Courts

4. To make recommendations for the efficient and effective delivery of justice by the Magistrate Courts of Fiji.

5. Any associated matters that may be thought by you to be relevant to the general objects of the inquiry:

And I hereby appoint you the said

JOHN ROBERT CONNORS

to be the sole Commissioner

And for the better enabling you to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry or investigation under these presents in such manner and at such time and place you think expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place to place as you think fit, and so that these presents shall continue in force and any such inquiry may at any time and place be resumed although not regularly adjourned from time to time or from place to place:

And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save to His Excellency the President, in pursuance of these presents or by His Excellency's direction, the contents of any report so made, or to be made by you, or any evidence or information obtained by you in exercise of the powers hereby conferred on you, except such evidence or information as is received in the course of a sitting open to the public:

And I do further ordain that you have liberty to report your proceedings and findings under this Commission from time to time if you shall judge it expedient to do so:

And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to His Excellency the President in writing under your hands, not later than 1st day of June 2008, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof:

And, lastly, it is hereby declared that these presents are issued under the authority of and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act.

In witness whereof I have caused this Commission to be issued and the Seal of the Republic of the Fiji Islands to be affixed at Suva this 14th day of September 2007.

Witness: Ratu Joseva Iloilovatu Uluivuda

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Ratu Joseva Iloilovatu Uluivuda