 the commissions of inquiry (amendment) bill, 19 , bill/unher to amend the commibbior&s of inquiry act, 1952 b it enacted by parliament in the fortieth year of the republie et india as :tollows:-" i thi ad may be called the commissions of inquiry (amendment) act, 1988 : tfdt  statement of objects and reasonssub-section (4) of section 3 of the commissions of inquiry act, 1962 casts an obligation on the appropriate government to lay the report of the commission of inquiry appointed under sub-sectiod (1) thereof before the house of the people or, as the case may be the legislative assembly concerned to'gether with a memorandum of action taken flereon within a period of six months of the submission of the report however, in 1986, section 3 had been amended so as to provide therein that under certain circumstances the report of the commission of inquiry may not be so laid, 2 a commission of inquiry is always set up for the purpose of making an inquiry into any definite matter of public importance, a~ !"uch, the report submitted by such a commission should not be withheld from the house of the people or the legislative assembly under any circum<:tances and the public should h~ve access to infonnation which is of vital importance and interest to them it is felt that the ::imendments made in 1986 should be done away with 3, the bill seeks to achieve the above obiect new d&lhi; mufti mohd sa yeed the 21st december, 1989  c>:£'  :, '  ex'fract from the com:missions of inquiry ai::r, 1952 (60 of 1952)appointment of commission (5) the provisions of sub-section (4) shall not apply if the appropriate government is satisfied that in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of india, the security af the state, friendly relations with foreign states or in the pubhc interest, it is not expedient to lay before the house of the people or, as the case may be, the legislative assembly of the state, the report, 'or any part thereof, of the commjssion on the inquiry made by the commission under sub-section (1), and issues a notification to that effect in the official gazette explanation-for the purpose 'of sub-section (5), "report" includes an interilb·;repbrt add all "proceedings ot ii commission:- y" - (6) every notification issued under sub-section (5) shall be laid before th\" house of the people or, as the case may be, the legislative assembly of the state, if it is sitting as soon as may be after the issue of the notification, and if it is not sitting, within seven days of its reassembly, and the appropriate government shall seek the approval of the house of the people 'or, as the case may be the legislative assembly of the state, to the notificatio~ by a resolution moved within a period of fifteen days beginning with the day on which the not;fication is so laid before the house of the people or, as the case may be, the legislative assembly of the state and if the house of the people or, as the case may be, the legislative assembly of the state makes any modification in the notittcation' or directs that the notification should cease to have effect, the notification shall thereafter have effe~ onlv in such modified fom} or be of no effect, as the case may be ' bill further to amacl the commillion at ihqwl'j an 1_ 