Prevention of Corruption Act · s 4A
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Open the official texts 4ADuties of Director and Officers of Bureau
It shall be the duty of the Director and Officers of the Bureau to —
receive and consider any report of the commission of an offence under this Act or any prescribed offence, and to investigate those reports as the Director or any Officer of the Bureau considers practicable;
detect and investigate —
any suspected offence under this Act or any prescribed offence;
any suspected attempt to commit any offence under this Act or any prescribed offence; and
any suggested conspiracy to commit any offence under this Act or any prescribed offence;
examine the practices, systems and procedures of public bodies in order to facilitate the discovery of offences under this Act or any prescribed offences and to secure the revision of such
Prevention of Corruption practices, systems and procedures as may, in the opinion of the
Director, be conducive to corruption;
instruct, advise and assist any person, on the latter’s request, on ways in which corruption may be eliminated by such person;
advise heads of public bodies of any changes in practice, systems or procedure compatible with the effective discharge of the duties of the public bodies as the Director thinks necessary to reduce the likelihood of the occurrence of corruption;
educate the public against corruption; and
enlist and foster public support in combating corruption.