Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Act (2019)

(a) in section 10(5) by repealing the word “two” a comma and the words “telephone and substituting therefor the word “four”; record”;

(b) in section 15 by inserting after the word (ii) by repealing the word “or” after the “committee” the words “or staff”; word “deposited” and inserting a

(c) in section 21(1) by repealing the words comma after the word “deposited”; “direction, control and” in the chapeau; (iii) by inserting after the word “concealed”

(d) by inserting after section 51 the following — the words “or is kept”; Penal Code “51A. T h e C o m m i s i o n m a y (g) in section 63(f) by inserting after the word Offences investigate or take over and continue the “property” where it first occurs, the words investigation of offences provided under “including recordings, or information Chapter X and Chapter XXXVIII of the however stored,”. Penal Code (Cap 158)”; (h) In PART IV; repealing the heading and

(e) by inserting after section 52 the following — substituting therefor “PROSECUTION Police powers “52A. Subject to this Act, the POWERS OF THE COMMISSION” to the Chief Executive provisions of the Criminal Procedure Officer and Code (Cap. 54), the Police Force Act (i) in section 64 by repealing the section and officers of the (Cap. 172) and any other law conferring substituting therefor “Prosecution for an Commission offence under PART III may be instituted by on the police the rights, powers, authorities, privileges and immunities the Commission.” necessary for the detection, prevention and investigation of offences shall, so far (j) in section 65 — as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or any other law, (i) by inserting after the words “or apply to the Chief Executive Officer and p e r m a n e n t l y, t h e ” t h e w o r d s ” any officer authorised under section Commission or”; 22(2)(a) or 52(8) in the performance of their duties under this Act as if reference (ii) by inserting after the words “for an in those provisions to a police officer order” the words “preventing the person included reference to the Chief from leaving the jurisdiction or”. Executive Officer or officer of the Commission.”.