Anti-Corruption Act 2023 · As enacted · Part V · Transitional Provisions and Savings
163. Repeals, savings and transitional provisions
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(a)
The
Commission to
Investigate
Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act,
No. 19 of 1994;
Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Law,
No. 1 of 1975; and
The Bribery Act (Chapter 26), are hereby repealed (hereinafter referred to as the “repealed
Acts”).
Notwithstanding the repeal of the Commission to
Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19
of 1994-
the Commission established under the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption
Act, No. 19 of 1994 and functioning as such on the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the Commission for the purposes of this Act until a new Commission is established under Part I of this Act, and the members holding office immediately prior to the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed as such under this Act and continue to hold office until new members are appointed;
all regulations and rules made under the repealed
Acts and are in force on the day immediately prior to the date of commencement of this Act and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be regulations and rules made under this
Act and shall continue to be valid;
all contracts, agreements and other instruments made under the repealed Acts and subsisting on the day immediately prior to the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be contracts, agreements and other instruments made by the
Commission under this Act;
all suits, actions, and other legal proceedings instituted or inquiries or investigations commenced by or against the Commission to Investigate
Allegations of Bribery or Corruption established under the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994 and pending on the day, immediately prior to the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be suits, actions and other legal proceedings instituted or inquiries or investigations commenced by or against the Commission under this Act and may be continued after the appointed date as if they were suits, actions and other legal proceedings instituted or inquiries or investigations commenced and continued under this Act;
all movable and immovable property vested in the
Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption established under the Commission to
Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption
Act, No. 19 of 1994 and existing on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall, with effect from the date of commencement of this Act, be vested with the
Commission;
all contraventions or proceedings initiated under the provisions of the repealed Acts, regulations or rules made thereunder prior to the commencement of this Act, shall be offences committed or proceedings initiated under the repealed Acts and be tried accordingly;
all interests, rights, assets, obligations, debts and liabilities of the Commission to Investigate
Allegations of Bribery or Corruption established under the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994 prior to the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed with effect from the date of commencement of this Act to be the interests, rights, assets, obligations, debts and liabilities of the Commission;
and
all officers and officials of the Commission to
Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption established under the Commission to Investigate
Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994 holding office prior to the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed with effect from the date of commencement of this Act to be the officers and officials of the Commission established under this Act, on terms not less favourable than the terms and conditions of employment to which they were entitled under the
Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994, and shall communicate to the Commission, within three months of the establishment of the Commission, whether they opt to join the service of the
Commission:
provided that,
every officer and official who opts to join the service of the Commission shall, for purposes of calculating pension and other retirement benefits only, be deemed to have continued in office as a public officer in the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribey or Corruption estalished under the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994 from the date on which he was employed by that Commission until the end of his period of service in the
Commission established under this Act and shall, if his period of service in the
Commission when added to his previous period of services as a public officer amounts to twenty years or more, be eligible, at the end of his period of service in the Commission, for the grant of pension and retirement benefits which may be applicable to such officers and officials under the provisions of any other written law including the Minutes on Pensions;
every officer and official who opts for voluntary resignation from the service of the Commission, shall be entitled to such compensation as shall be paid in terms of a
Voluntary Retrenchment Scheme as shall be prescribed by the Minister and be entitled to pension and other retirement benefits which may be applicable to such officers and officials under the provisions of any written law including the Minutes on Pensions,
All investigations under the repealed Acts commenced by the Commission under the Commission to Investigate
Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No.19 of 1994, and pending on the day preceding the appointed date shall be deemed to be investigations commenced by the
Commission under this Act, and all such investigations may be continued after the appointed date, as if they were investigations commenced and continued on the direction of the Commission, and all statements and documents furnished to the Commission in the course of investigations or certified copies thereof shall be admissible in proceedings instituted under the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No.19 of 1994, as if such investigations were conducted and the proceedings were instituted under this Act.
Notwithstanding the repeal of the Commission to
Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19
of 1994, the Bribery Act (Chapter 26) and the Declaration of
Assets and Liabilities Law No.1 of 1975 –
every reference to the Commission to Investigate
Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994 in any other written law shall be construed as a reference to this Act;
every reference to the Bribery Act (Chapter 26) in any other written law shall be construed as referring to the corresponding provisions contained in this
Act; and
every reference to the Declaration of Assets and
Liabilities Law, No. 1 of 1975 in any other written law shall be construed as a reference to this Act.