Section 43 of Leadership and Integrity Act: Referral for possible civil or criminal proceedings
(1) If upon investigation under this Part, the public entity is of the opinion that civil or criminal proceedings ought to be preferred against the respective State officer, the public entity shall refer the matter to—
(a) the Commission or the Attorney-General, with respect to civil matters; (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions, with respect to criminal matters; or
(c) any other appropriate authority.
(2) Referral of a matter under subsection (1) shall not preclude the person, the State organ or public entity referring the matter from undertaking further investigations or action into the matter.
(3) If a matter is referred to the Commission under subsection (1)(a) and in the opinion of the Commission, criminal proceedings ought to be preferred against the respective State officer, the matter shall be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(4) In addition to the prosecution of a State officer, the Commission may take any other action that it considers necessary.
(5) The prosecution of any State officer is not a bar to other steps that the Commission may consider necessary.
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