Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill

This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 1981.

Section 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “public body” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition: —“ “special investigator” means a special investigator of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.”.

Section 3 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections: —“(2) The President may appoint a Deputy Director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and such number of assistant directors and special investigators of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau as he may think fit.(3) Any powers conferred on and duties to be performed by the Director under this Act may, subject to the orders and directions of the Director, be exercised or performed by the Deputy Director or an assistant director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.(4) The Deputy Director and an assistant director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau may exercise the powers conferred by this Act on a special investigator.(5) The President may create such different grades for assistant directors and special investigators as he may think fit.”.

Section 4 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection: —“(1) The Director, Deputy Director, assistant directors and special investigators of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code (Cap. 103).”.

Section 13 of the principal Act is amended by renumbering the section as subsection (1), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection: —“(2) Where a person has been charged with two or more offences for the acceptance of gratification in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act and he is convicted of any one or more offences and the court is satisfied that the accused admits to having committed the other outstanding offences and consents to them being taken into consideration by the court for the purpose of passing sentence, then, the court may increase the penalty referred to in subsection (1) of this section to an amount not exceeding the total amount or value of all the gratification specified in the offences upon which he has been convicted together with those outstanding offences which he has admitted and which the court has taken into consideration for the purpose of passing sentence.”.

Section 15 of the principal Act is amended —

Section 16 of the principal Act is amended —

Section 17 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “, the Deputy Director or an assistant director or any police officer of or above the rank of assistant superintendent named in such order or the chief special investigator or any senior” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “or any police officer of or above the rank of assistant superintendent named in such order or a”.

Section 18 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “the Deputy Director or an assistant director or the chief special investigator or a senior” and substituting the word “a”.

Section 19 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “the Deputy Director or any assistant director or any police officer of or above the rank of assistant superintendent named in such order or the chief special investigator or any senior special investigator so named to inspect any such book and the Director, the Deputy Director, the assistant director, the police officer, the chief special investigator or the senior special investigator” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “any special investigator named in such order or any police officer of or above the rank of assistant superintendent so named to inspect any book and the Director, special investigator or police officer”.

Section 21 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor: —“Powers of search and seizure21.—

Section 25 of the principal Act is amended —

Section 26 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor: —“Legal obligation to give information

26. Every person required by the Director or a special investigator or police officer to give any information on any subject which it is the duty of the Director, special investigator or police officer to inquire into under this Act and which it is in his power to give, shall be legally bound to give such information.”.