Oath or affirmation by staff and consultants
37 Oath or affirmation by staff and consultants
Before commencing employment with the IBAC, a person referred to in section 35 must take an oath or make an affirmation that he or she—
will faithfully and impartially perform their duties and functions and exercise their powers; and
will not disclose, except as authorised or required by law, any information received in the performance of their duties and functions or the exercise of their powers.
S. 37(2) amended by No. 30/2016 s. 12.
The IBAC may require a person engaged under section 35(2) or 36 or an officer, sub-contractor, agent or employee of a person engaged under section 36 or a person who is to be appointed as an examiner under section 115 to take an oath or make an affirmation that he or she—
will faithfully and impartially perform their duties and functions and exercise their powers in the course of the engagement; and
will not disclose, except as authorised or required by law, any information received in the performance of their duties and functions or the exercise of their powers in the course of the engagement.
The oath or affirmation is to be administered by the Commissioner.
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