(1) Every person in public life who receives a gift worth more than $500 Eastern Caribbean currency shall make a report of that fact to the Commission stating the name and address of the donor and the description and approximate value of such gift.
(2) The Commission shall determine whether the gift is a personal or a State gift.
(3) The decision of the Commission made under subsection (2) shall be final.
(4) A person in public life who is not sure whether a gift is a State gift or a personal gift shall apply to the Commission seeking its opinion as to the proper classification of the gift.
(5) A report made under subsection (1) or an application under subsection (4) shall be made to the Commission by the person in public life within 30 days of the receipt of the gift.
(6) Where the Commission finds through the inquiry that the gift was given to the person in public life personally and—
(a) was trivial; or
(b) was not trivial, but was not intended to be a motive or reward for doing or abstaining from doing anything in the course of the performance of his or her official functions or causing any other person from doing or forbearing to do anything,
the Commission shall allow the person in public life to retain the gift.
(7) Where the Commission finds through the inquiry that the gift was given to the person in public life as a State gift or was given to the person in public life personally but—
(a) was not trivial; or
(b) was intended to be a motive or reward for doing or abstaining from doing anything in the course of the performance of his or her official functions or causing any other person from doing or abstaining to do anything,
the Commission shall direct the person in public life in writing to deliver the gift to the Minister responsible for finance within such period, not exceeding 30 days, as may be specified by the Commission, and the person in public life shall comply with the direction within the time so specified.
(8) A person in public life is entitled to notice of the proceedings of any inquiry under subsection (6) or (7) and is entitled to be represented at the inquiry, either in person or through an attorney-at-law.
(9) For the purpose of this section, the expression “trivial” means less than $500, retail value.