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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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PART 1
PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Integrity in Public Life Act.

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2. Interpretation

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

11. Declaration of financial affairs

12. Commission may require further particulars of financial affairs

13. Filing of declarations

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

26. Prosecutions

27. Deductible income tax expenses

28. Report to the Commission of gifts

29. Penalty for contravening section 28

30. Possession of unaccounted property or pecuniary resource

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

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