Prevention of Corruption Act · 2019 Revised Edition · Part · Administration
4A. Duties of Director and Officers of Bureau
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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;
prescribed offence
“prescribed offence” means an offence punishable under section 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 213, 214 or 215 of the Penal Code or section 145 of the Customs Order, 2006 and includes — (a) an attempt to commit any such offence; (b) an abetment of or a criminal conspiracy to commit (as those terms are defined in the Penal Code) any such offence, whether or not the offence is committed in consequence thereof;
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.
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;
prescribed offence
Defined · s 2“prescribed offence” means an offence punishable under section 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 213, 214 or 215 of the Penal Code or section 145 of the Customs Order, 2006 and includes — (a) an attempt to commit any such offence; (b) an abetment of or a criminal conspiracy to commit (as those terms are defined in the Penal Code) any such offence, whether or not the offence is committed in consequence thereof;
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Offences
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Powers of Investigation
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Evidence
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