Singapore legislation

Section 18

of Commissions of Inquiry Act

Section 18

Commissioners to be public servants and inquiries to be judicial proceedings under Penal Code

Every commissioner appointed under this Act shall, so long as he is acting as such commissioner, be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code [Cap. 224], and every inquiry under this Act shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of the same Code.