REDACTED 2 - IC Petrojam Investigation - Recruitment and Parties October 18, 2019 final

Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 Page 473 of 486 (5) Where there is a significant increase in the assets of a public servant which cannot be reasonably explained having regard to his lawful earnings, the significant increase shall be deemed to be illicit enrichment that public servant shall be deemed to have committed an act of corruption. (5) Where a public servant- (a) owns assets disproportionate to his lawful earnings; and (b) upon being requested by the Commission or any person duly authorized to investigate an allegation of corruption against him, to provide an explanation as to how he came by such assets, he- (i) fails to do so; or (ii) gives an explanation which is not considered to be satisfactory, he shall be liable to be prosecution for the offence of illicit enrichment, and on conviction thereof, to the penalties specified in section 15 (1). (5A) It shall be a defence to a person charged with an offence of illicit enrichment to show the court that he came by the assets by lawful means. (6) Any public servant who improperly uses for his own benefit or that of a third party- (a) any classified or confidential information that he obtains as a result of or in the course of the performance of his functions; or (b) any property belonging to the Government or any statutory body or authority or any government company or any body providing public services which he has access as a result of or in the course of the performance of his functions, commits an act of corruption.