Prevention of Corruption Act · 2019 Revised Edition · Part · Powers of Investigation
23A. Public Prosecutor’s powers to obtain information
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In the course of any investigation into or proceedings relating to an offence alleged or suspected to have been committed by any person under this Act or under sections 161 to 165 or sections 213 to 215 of the Penal
Code (Chapter 22) or a conspiracy to commit, or an attempt to commit, or an abetment of any such offence, the Public Prosecutor may, notwithstanding anything in any other written law to the contrary, by written notice —
require any such person to furnish a statutory declaration or, as the Public Prosecutor sees fit, a statement in writing enumerating all movable or immovable property belonging to or possessed by such person and by the spouse, parents, or sons and daughters of such person, and specifying the date on which each of the properties enumerated was acquired whether by way of purchase, gift, bequest, inheritance or otherwise;
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require any such person to furnish a statutory declaration or, as the Public Prosecutor sees fit, a statement in writing of any money or other property sent out of Brunei Darussalam by him, his spouse, sons and daughters during such period as may be specified in the notice;
require any such person to furnish a statutory declaration or, as the Public Prosecutor sees fit, a statement in writing enumerating all movable or immovable property belonging to or possessed by such person where the Public Prosecutor has reasonable grounds to believe that such information can assist the investigation;
require the manager of any bank to give copies of the accounts of such person or of the spouse or of the parents or a son or daughter of such person at the bank;
require the person in charge of any Department, office or establishment of the Government, or the President, Chairman,
Manager or Chief Executive Officer of any public body to produce or furnish, as specified in the notice, any document which is in his possession or under his control.
Every person to whom a notice is sent by the Public Prosecutor under subsection (1) shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any written law or any oath of secrecy to the contrary, comply with the terms of that notice within such times as may be specified therein and any person who wilfully neglects or fails to comply so is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for one year.
Terms defined in s 2
public body
Defined · s 2“public body” includes — (a) the Government of Brunei Darussalam; (b) any department, or service or undertaking of the Government of Brunei Darussalam; (c) any corporation, council, board, commissioners or other body which has power to act under and for the purpose of any written law in force in Brunei Darussalam or any part thereof relating to local Government, public health or undertakings of public utility, or otherwise has power to administer funds belonging to the Government or money raised by rates, taxes or charges in pursuance of any written law in force in Brunei Darussalam; (d) any board, commissioners, committee or other body specified in the Schedule; (e) any company or subsidiary company over which or in which any public body as is referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), has controlling power or interest.
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