Prosecution

INTRODUCTION 

The Prosecution Division is the division created within the structures of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO). Its core mandate under section 6 (e) is to prosecute, subject to section 43, any offence committed under the Prevention of Corruption and Economic Offences Act 5 of 1999, to render legal advice to the Director-General and staff and to assist with relevant expertise in the investigation of cases. 

STAFF 

The prosecution division is composed of a team of lawyers headed by the Director of Prosecution, the Chief Anti- Corruption Prosecutor in the middle and the Principal Anti-Corruption Prosecutors. 

 

LAWS 

Prevention of Corruption and Economic Offences Act of 1999 as amended. 

Prevention of Corruption and Economic Offences Regulations 2021. 

Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act of 2008 as amended. 

Penal Code Act of 2010. 

Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act of 1980. 

Other relevant laws.