Proceeds of Crime Act 2025 · As enacted · Part I · General Provisions and Offences
47. Designated Officer and Deputy Designated Officer of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption
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For the purposes of this Act, there shall be a
Designated Officer and a Deputy Designated Officer of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or
Corruption, who shall perform the duties, functions and exercise powers conferred on him by this Act with the approval of the Commission.
The Director-General of the Commission to Investigate
Allegations of Bribery or Corruption shall be the Designated
Officer of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of
Bribery or Corruption.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption shall from among senior authorized officers of the Commission authorized to conduct investigations under the Anti-Corruption Act appoint an officer to function as the
Deputy Designated Officer of the Commission to Investigate
Allegations of Bribery or Corruption for the purposes of this
Act.
The Designated Officer and the Deputy Designated
Officer of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of
Bribery or Corruption shall be responsible to the Commission as regards the performance of his duties, functions and the exercise of powers conferred on him by this Act.
The Deputy Designated Officer of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption shall be entitled to perform all such duties, functions and powers vested by this Act on the Designated Officer of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or
Corruption, subject to such duties, functions and powers having been delegated to him by the Designated Officer of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or
Corruption either generally or on an investigation specific basis with the approval of the Commission.
Where the Designated Officer of the Commission to
Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption is unable to perform duties and powers under this Act due to illness, incapacity or any other reason, the Deputy Designated
Officer of such Commission shall be entitled to perform the
Designated Officers duties, functions and powers for a period not exceeding seven days, notwithstanding the absence of general or specific delegation.
Where there exists a vacancy in the post of Director-General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of
Bribery or Corruption and the President acting in terms of subsection (2) of section 25 of the Anti-Corruption Act has empowered any other officer of the Commission to perform the duties and functions of the Director-General, such other officer during the pendency of such empowerment shall be entitled to perform the functions of the Designated officer of the Commission in the manner provided in this Act.
Part II
Investigation Into Proceeds of Crime, Restraint And Seizure
Part III
Judicial Freezing of Proceeds of Crime
Part IV
Protection, Preservation and Management of Proceeds of Crime
Part V
Proceeds of Crime Management authority
Part VI
Forfeiture of Frozen Proceeds of Crime And Related Proceedings
Part VII
Civil Remedy For Victims Of Crime
Part VIII
Disposal Of Forfeited Proceeds Of Crime And The Utilization Of The Value Derived Thereof
Part IX
Victims Of Crime Reparation Trust Fund
Part X
International Cooperation
Part XI