law: Commission of Enquiries Act, 1952
  11. Act to apply to other inquiring
  
  authorities in certain cases  - 
  Where any authority (by whatever name called), other than
  
  a Commission appointed under section 3, has been or is set up under any resolution
  
  or order of the appropriate Government for the purpose of making an inquiry
  
  into any definite matter of public importance and that Government is of opinion
  
  that all or any of the provisions of this Act should be made applicable to that
  
  authority, that Government may, subject to the prohibition contained in the
  
  proviso to sub section (1) of section 3, by notification in the Official
  
  Gazette, direct that the said provisions of this Act shall apply to that
  
  authority, and on the issue of such a notification that authority shall be
  
  deemed to be a Commission appointed under Section 3 for the purposes of this
  
  Act.