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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

ACT

(Act 6 of 2004)

Act 6 of 2004 .. in force 1 January 2006 (S.I. 169/2005)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1
PRELIMINARY

1.Short title
2.Interpretation

PART 2
INTEGRITY COMMISSION

3.Establishment of Integrity Commission
4.Resignation of Members
5.Vacancy in membership
6.Publication in the Gazette
7.Function of the Commission
8.Commission, not subject to control or direction
9.Secrecy and confidentiality
10.Information, not to be communicated to unauthorised persons

PART 3
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

11.Declaration of financial affairs
12.Commission may require further particulars of financial affairs
13.Filing of declarations
14.Income
15.Assets
16.Liabilities
17.Trust Property
18.Income, assets and liabilities of agent acting as agent
19.Blind trusts
20.Failure to file declaration
21.Commission may hold formal inquiry
22.Powers of Tribunal
23.Findings of Tribunal
24.Indemnity
25.Offences
26.Prosecutions
27.Deductible income tax expenses

PART 4
GIFTS

28.Report to the Commission of gifts
29.Penalty for contravening section 28
30.Possession of unaccounted property or pecuniary resource

PART 5
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION

31.Act of corruption
32.Complaint to Commission
33.Protection of persons making complaint
34.Rejection of complaint by Commission
35.Investigation of breach of Act
36.Report to Director of Public Prosecutions or Attorney-General

PART 6
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

37.Annual report of Commission to Parliament
38.Staff of Commission
39.Charge on Consolidated Fund
40.Assistance by Commissioner of Police
41.Power to summon and examine witnesses etc.
42.Constitutional privileges and immunities, not affected
43.Commission and staff to be immune
44.Non-application of Act
45.General penalty clause
46.Amendment of Schedules
47.Power of Commission to make rules
48.Power of Minister to make regulations
49.Savings
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3

AN ACT to provide for measures for establishing probity, integrity and accountability in public life and for related matters.

Commencement [1 January 2006]