CORRUPT PRACTICES

CHAPTER 7:04
CORRUPT PRACTICES

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Application

    3.    Interpretation

PART II
THE ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU

    4.    Establishment and composition of the Bureau

    5.    Appointment of Director

    5A.    Civil suits by or against the Director

    5B.    Legal representation

    6.    Director of the Bureau

    6A.    Recruitment process for Director

    6B.    Tenure of Director

    7.    Appointment of Deputy Director

    8.    Acting Director

    9.    Appointment of other officers of the Bureau

PART III
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE BUREAU

    10.    Functions of the Bureau

    11.    Powers of the Bureau

    12.    Special powers of investigation

    12A.    Further powers of the Director to obtain information

    12B.    Bail where suspect or accused is about to leave Malawi

    13.    Obstructing of officers of the Bureau

    14.    False reports of information to the Bureau

    15.    Powers of arrest

    16.    Identity cards

    17.    Impersonation, etc., of officers of the Bureau

    18.    Standing orders

    19.    Accounts

    20.    Audit

    21.    Annual reports

    22.    Immunity of officers of the Bureau

    23.    Restriction on disposal of property, etc.

    23A.    Seizure of property, etc.

PART IV
OFFENCES

    24.    Corrupt practices by or with public officers

    25.    Corrupt use of official powers and procuring corrupt use of official powers

    25A.    Public officers performing functions corruptly

    25B.    Misuse of public office

    25C.    Dealing in contracts

    25D.    Disclosure of interest by public officers

    26.    Corrupt transactions by or with private bodies

    27.    Corrupt transactions by or with agents

    28.    Corruption of members of public bodies in regard to meetings, etc.

    29.    Advantage for giving assistance, etc., in regard to contracts

    30.    Advantage for procuring withdrawal of tenders

    31.    Advantage in regard to bidding at auction sales

    32.    Possession of unexplained property

    33.    Certain matters not to constitute defence

    34.    Penalty

    35.    Attempts, conspiracies, etc.

    36.    Duty of public officers to make reports, etc.

    36A.    Tracing of property

    36B.    Value of property

PART V
ADDITIONAL PENALTIES AND RECOVERY OF CORRUPT ADVANTAGE

    37.    Penalty additional to other punishment

    38.    Recovery of advantage by distress, etc.

    39.    Principal may recover advantage corruptly received by agent

    40.    Effect of conviction of an offence under Part IV

    41.    Certificate of Government valuation officer or other specialist valuer

PART VI
POWERS OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

    42.    

    43.    

    44.    

PART VII
EVIDENCE AND PRESUMPTIONS

    45.    Presumptions of corrupt intention

    46.    Evidence of custom

PART VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    47.    Absence of power, authority or opportunity no defence

    48.    Corrupt practice coming to the notice of a commission

    49.    False, frivolous or groundless complaints or allegations

    49A.    Non-compliance with Bureau’s orders, directions, etc.

    49B.    Unauthorized disclosure by employees, etc., of the Bureau

    50.    Alternative convictions and amending particulars

    51.    Legal practitioners and privileged information

    51A.    Protection of whistle-blowers and other informers

    52.    Defences

    53.    Liability of citizens of Malawi for offences committed outside Malawi

    54.    Regulations

18 of 1995
17 of 2004
1 of 2019
31 of 2022
G.N. 10/1996

    An Act to provide for the establishment of an Anti-Corruption Bureau; to make comprehensive provision for the prevention of corruption; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Corrupt Practices Act.

2.    Application

    (1) Save as otherwise provided, the provisions of this Act shall apply notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code or in any other written law.

    (2) Subject to subsection (1), all offences under this Act shall be inquired into, tried and otherwise dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence code.

3.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

17 of 2004

    “advantage” means any benefit, service, enjoyment or gratification, whether direct or indirect, and includes a payment, whether in cash or in kind, or any rebate, deduction, concession or loan, and any condition or circumstance that puts one person or class of persons in a favourable position over another;

    “agent” means any person who acts for or on behalf, or in the name, of a public body or a private body or any other person, and includes a trustee, an administrator, an executor and an employee;

    “bank” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Banking Act, and includes a financial institution;

    “Bureau” means the Anti-Corruption Bureau established under section 4;

    “corruptly” means the doing of, or…