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(b) in paragraph 5(1) by deleting "An assistant
director of the Commission" and substituting
the following
"An officer of the rank of Senior
Commission Against Corruption Officer
or above".
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Explanatory Memorandum
This Bill amends the Independent Commission
Against Corruption Ordinance by extending the powers of
arrest to a number of offences frequently associated
with corruption or disclosed in the course of investigations
and by widening the duties of the Commission. The Bill.
also establishes a Welfare Fund and makes a number of
miscellaneous amendments which experience has shown to
be desirable.
2.
An offence that is closely associated with
corruption is that of blackmail committed by a Crown.
servant when it involves the misuse of his office.
Because of this close association, it is considered
desirable that Commission officers should be able to
arrest, without warrant, any Crown servant reasonably
suspected of committing that type of blackmail offence.
Clause 2(a) amends section 10(1) of the principal
Ordinance accordingly.
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Investigations into corruption offences frequently
reveal that other offences may have been committed. At
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