NOTICE: Filing of Declarations of Financial Affairs by Persons in Public Life.

NOTICE

INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC OFFICE ACT 2003, NO.6 of 2003: 

FILING OF DECLARATIONS OF FINANCIAL AFFAIRS BY PERSONS

IN PUBLIC LIFE BY 31^st MARCH 2015

Under section 16(1) and (6) of the Integrity in Public Office (IPO) Act 2003, a person in public life, is required to complete and file a financial declaration in Form 2 with the Integrity Commission for the calendar year within three (3) months after the end of the year.

The 2014 calendar year ended on the 31^st day of December 2014. In respect of calendar year 2014, all financial declarations must be filed by persons in public life with the Commission no later than the 31^st day of March 2015.

Section 22 of the IPO Act provides:  “Where a person who is required to file a declaration under section 16 fails to file the declaration in accordance with this Act or fails to furnish particulars under section 15 or section 17, the Commission shall publish the fact in the Gazette and send a report to the Director of Public Prosecutions for further action.”

Section 15 requires a person in public life to furnish further particulars with respect to his declaration as may be required by the Commission.  Section 17 requires a person in public life who holds money or property in trust for another to state this in his declaration. Persons in public life who demit the office of a person in public life are required to file for two years following such demission (section 16(4) of the IPO Act).

Form 2 of the Third Schedule to the Act is available at the Office of the Integrity Commission, at the Corner of Turkey Lane and Independence Street, Roseau.  Office hours are: 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on Mondays and 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on Tuesdays to Fridays. The office telephone numbers are 266-3436/3391/3494.

CHAIRMAN

INTEGRITY COMMISSION

Ref. IC-530-03