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The consideration of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court’s Criminal
Division for Persons Holding Political Positions shall be based upon the inquiry file of the
National Anti-Corruption Commission, and in the interest of justice, the Court shall have the
powers to conduct an inquiry to obtain additional facts and evidence.
This section shall apply to the persons under section 234 ( 3) who
intentionally fail to submit an account showing assets and liabilities or intentionally submit
the same with false statements or conceals facts which should be disclosed, and is involved
in circumstances where it could be reasonably believed that the person has intentionally
not disclosed the source of the assets or liabilities mutatis mutandis.
Section 236. Members of the House of Representatives, Senators, or
members of both House of Representatives and Senate comprising not less than one-fifth of
the total number of the existing members of both Houses or persons having the right to
vote comprising not fewer than twenty thousand persons shall have the rights to lodge with
the President of the National Assembly a petition with reasonable evidence that any of the
National Anti-Corruption Commissioners has committed an act under section 234 (1). In case
the President of the National Assembly is of the opinion that there are reasonable grounds
to suspect that there has been an act as accused, the President of the National Assembly
shall refer the matter to the President of the Supreme Court to appoint a panel of
independent inquisitors from persons with political impartiality and evident integrity for
conducting a fact-finding inquiry.
The qualifications, prohibitions, duties and powers, procedure of the inquiry,
period of time for the inquiry and other necessary proceeding of the panel of independent
inquisitors shall be as provided by law.
Section 237. When the inquiry is completed, the panel of independent
inquisitors shall proceed as follows:
(1) if it is of the opinion that the accusation has no prima facie case, the
accusation shall be lapsed, and such order shall be final;
(2) if it is of the opinion that the accused has seriously contravened or failed
to comply with the ethical standards, the matter shall be referred to the Supreme Court for
decision and the provisions of section 235 paragraph three, paragraph four and paragraph six
shall apply mutatis mutandis;
(3) if it is of the opinion that the accused is involved in the circumstances as
accused and it is not the case under (2) , the inquiry file shall be sent to the AttorneyGeneral for instituting prosecution in the Supreme Court’ s Criminal Division for Persons
Holding Political Positions, and the provisions of section 235 paragraph three, paragraph four
and paragraph five shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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