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ACT
To provide for the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Commission in order to
combat corruption, and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to
the foregoing.
WHEREAS section 108A of the Constitution provides as follows:
“108A
Anti-Corruption Commission
(1) There shall be an Anti-corruption Commission consisting of at least four and not
more than nine members appointed by the President.
(2) Persons appointed to the Anti-Corruption Commission shall be persons of
integrity chosen for their knowledge of and experience in administration or the
prosecution or investigation of crime or for their general suitability for appointment
and—
(a) at least one shall be entitled to practise as a legal practitioner; and
(b) at least one shall be entitled to practise as an auditor or public accountant in
Zimbabwe; and
(c) at least one shall have had not less than ten years’ experience in the
investigation of crime.
(3) The Anti-Corruption Commission shall have the following functions:—
(a) to combat corruption, theft, misappropriation, abuse of power and other
improprieties in the conduct of affairs in both the public and private sectors;
(b) to make recommendations to the Government and to organizations in the
private sector on measures to enhance integrity and accountability and to
prevent improprieties; and
(c) to exercise any other functions that may be conferred or imposed on the
Commission by or under an Act of Parliament.
(4) An Act of Parliament may confer powers on the Anti-Corruption Commission,
including power—
(a) to conduct investigations and inquiries on its own initiative or on receipt of
complaints;
(b) to require assistance from members of the Police Force and other investigative
agencies of the State; and