Anti-corruption Commission Act, 2004.

This Act is enacted to establish an independent Anti-corruption Commission so as to prevent corruption and other corrupt practices and to conduct inquiry and investigation for other specific offences.
The Government shall as soon as possible through an official gazette notification establish the Anti-Corruption Commission. The commissioners shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Selection Committee constituted under section The functions of the Commission include: (a) Inquiry and investigation into the offences set out in the schedule of the Act. (b) File and conduct cases under this Act on the basis of investigation and inquiry under clause. (c) Inquire into any allegation of corruption on its own initiative, or upon an application filed by an aggrieved person or by any person on his/her behalf. (d) Perform any duty entrusted to the commission by anti-corruption laws. (e) Review the legally accepted measures for preventing corruption and submit recommendations to the President their effective implementation. (f) Carry out research on the prevention of corruption and submit recommendations to the President regarding the actions to be taken on the basis of the research findings.
The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: special powers of the Commission in respect of inquiry or investigation; judgment of the offences; etc.