Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act 1962 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Powers
14. Witnesses may be examined on oath or affirmation
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Parliament
“Parliament” includes a committee and, where the context so admits, the place or places appointed under Article 64(2) of the Constitution for holding sessions of Parliament;
require that any facts, matters and things relating to the subject of inquiry before Parliament or the committee be verified or otherwise ascertained by the oral examination of witnesses; and
committee
“committee” means a committee of the whole Parliament, or any sessional, select, or other committee of Parliament;
cause the witnesses to be examined upon oath, or if the witnesses so desire, upon affirmation, which the Speaker or the Clerk or the chairman of the committee or the clerk to the committee may administer.
Speaker
“Speaker” means the Speaker and, in his absence, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and includes any other Member when such other Member is presiding at a sitting of Parliament or a committee of the whole Parliament;