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It is too early to say precisely what form the

Commission will take. Generally, it is proposed that the

Commission should comprise three main divisions:-

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(i)

(ii)

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An Operations Division, which

will be responsible for the

investigation and prosecution of

offences.

A Prevention and Adininistration

Division which will deal with the

prevention of corruption, principally by advice

or the adoption of procedures which

are likely to reduce the opportunities

for corruption.

A Community Relations Division, the task

of which will be to involve the public

in the fight against corruption through

education, and publicity and by

influencing public opinion.

The Ordinance under which the Commission will be

formally constituted will provide that the Commission shall

be subject to the control and direction of the Governor.

These measures should make it clear that the Commissioner

and his staff are intended to be free from the departmental

and inter-departmental pressures to which members of the

public service may be liable and are in fact independent of

the Government, though subject to the control of the Governor.

In this way we wish to demonstrate yet again, that the

Government means to tackle corruption relentlessly.

/In his Second Report....