15. The Inspector General may, when he believes the public interest requires it, order a special inquiry to be held into any matter within his competence.
For such an inquiry the Inspector General and any person authorized by him in writing shall have the powers and immunity granted to commissioners appointed under the Act respecting public inquiry commissions (chapter C-37), except the power to order imprisonment.
1974, c. 70, s. 15; 1982, c. 52, s. 80; 1992, c. 61, s. 72.