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Parliamentary Witnesses Oaths Act 1871

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2Repeal of section 1 of 21 & 22 Vict. c.78.

The first section of the Act of the session of the twenty-first and twenty-second years of Her present Majesty, chapter seventy-eight, intituled " An Act to enable the Committees of both Houses " of Parliament to administer oaths to witnesses in certain cases," and the third section of the Act of the present Session of Parliament, chapter three, intituled "An Act to empower Committees " on Bills confirming or giving effect to Provisional Orders to " award costs and examine witnesses on oath," shall be repealed :

Provided that the repeal enacted in this Act shall not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or other punishment incurred in respect of any offence against the sections hereby repealed, or the institution of any legal proceeding, or any other remedy for ascertaining, enforcing, or recovering any such penalty, forfeiture, or punishment as aforesaid.

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