Prevention of Corruption Act · 2019 Revised Edition · Part · Powers of Investigation
19. Powers of investigation
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In any case relating to the commission of —
an offence under section 165, sections 213 to 215 of the
Penal Code (Chapter 22), or of any conspiracy to commit, or of any attempt to commit, or of any abetment of, such an offence;
an offence under this Act; or
any seizable offence under any written law which may be disclosed in the course of an investigation under this Act, an Officer of the Bureau may, without the order of the Public Prosecutor, exercise all or any of the special powers in relation to police investigations into a seizable offence given by the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7):
Officer of the Bureau
“Officer of the Bureau” means any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under section 3(3) and includes the Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director, a Chief Special Investigator, Senior Special Investigator and Special Investigator;
Provided that an investigation into an offence under the Penal Code
(Chapter 22) shall be deemed to be a police investigation to which the provisions of section 114 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7) shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent as if the Officer of the
Bureau concerned were a police officer.
Terms defined in s 2
Officer of the Bureau
Defined · s 2“Officer of the Bureau” means any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under section 3(3) and includes the Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director, a Chief Special Investigator, Senior Special Investigator and Special Investigator;
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