CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES ACT

Section 5: Powers and immunities of Officers of the Commission.

2000Section 5 of 71Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, an officer of the Commission when investigating or prosecuting a case of corruption, shall have all the powers and immunities of a police officer under the Police Act and any other laws conferring power on the Police, or empowering and protecting law enforcement agents. [Cap. P19.]
(2) If, in the course of any investigations or proceedings in court in respect of the Commission of an offence under this Act by any person there is disclosed an offence under any other written law, not being an offence under this Act, irrespective of whether the offence was committed by the same person or any other person, the officer of the Commission responsible for the investigation or proceedings, as the case may be, shall notify the Director of Public Prosecutions or any other officer charged with responsibility for the prosecution of criminal cases, who may issue such directions as shall meet the justice of the case.

Cite this section

Section 5, CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES ACT (2000).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/corrupt-practices-and-other-related-offences-act/section/5/