REDACTED -IC Petrojam Investigation - Donations October 2019 final

Page 3 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 INTEGRITY COMMISSION Special Report of Investigation Conducted Into Allegations Concerning Certain Donations which were made by Petrojam Limited to Organisations and Causes for the period April 2016 to March 2018 Petrojam Limited PREFACE In 2017, the Government of Jamaica enacted the Integrity Commission Act (ICA), which became effective on February 22, 2018, by way of publication in the Jamaica Gazette dated March 7, 2018. The enactment and subsequent gazette of the ICA, partially repealed the Contractor General Act (1983) and established the Integrity Commission (IC). Consequently, Sections 1 and 5 of the ICA fully subsumed the Office of the Contractor General (OCG), and its functions into the operations of the DI. Section 63(2) (b) of the ICA provides, inter alia , as follows: “ The Commission established under this Act may - … (b) continue or do any act, thing or investigation which was pending before the appointed day. ”