the pro ection and privileges of members of the Commission in respect of the performance of their functions and the privilege of communications to and from the Commission and its members in case of legal proceedings;
(c) the defnition and trial of offences connected with the functions of the Commission and the imposition of penalties for such offences:
Provided that no such penalty shall exceed a fine of fifteen hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term of one year or both such a fine and such imprisonment :
(d) requiring persons to attend before the Commission to answer questions relating to any inquiry held by the Commission or to any business of the Commission; and
(e) conferring powers and imposing duties on any public officer or any authority of the Government of the Bahama Islands for the purpose of facilitating the performance by the Commission of its functions.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution. a Commission to which this section applies may regulate its own procedure.
(6) Unless it is otherwise provided or required by the context. references in this section to a Commission to which this section applies are references to the Public Service Commission, the Judicial and Legal Service Commission. or the Police Service Commission, as the case may be.
110. The question whether-
Protection of Com-
(a) a Commission established under this Part of this Constitution missions.
has validly performed any function vested in it by or under this from legal Constitution;
proceedin
(b) any person or Police Promotion Board has validly performed any function delegated to or vested in such person or Board by or in pursuance of the provisions of section 99 or, as the case may be. section 106. 107 or 108 of this Constitution; or (c) any member of such Commission or any other person has validly performed any other function in relation to the work of the Commission or in relation to any such function as is referred to in paragraph (b) of this section,
shall not be inquired into in any court.
Jaw.
111(1) Subject to the provisions of section 113 of this Constitu- Applicabil tion, the law applicable to the grant and payment to any officer, or to of pension his widow, children, dependants or personal representatives, of an pension, gratuity or other like allowance (in this section and sections 112 and 113 of this Constitution referred to as an "award ") in respect of the service of that officer in a public office shall be that in force on the relevant day or any later law not less favourable to the person concerned.
(2) For the purposes of this section the relevant day is---
(a) in relation to an award granted before the date on which this Constitution comes into operation, the day on which the award was granted;
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