Anti-Corruption Law.

This Law is enacted to promote effectiveness of all forms of service and strengthen good governance and rule of law in leadership and state governance as well as to maintain integrity and justice which is fundamental for social development and poverty reduction.
The law has an objective to combat corruption through education, prevention, and law enforcement with public participation and support and international cooperation. The Anti Corruption Institution is composed of the National Council Against Corruption and the Anti Corruption Unit. The National Council Against Corruption shall be created to provide guidance and recommendations on anticorruption work. The Anti-corruption Unit shall be established to independently undertake its duties. The duties of the Anti-corruption Unit include: Implement law, orders and regulations related to corruption; Develop anti-corruption action plan in accordance with the strategies and policy of the National Council Against Corruption; Direct the work of preventing and combating corruption; Monitor, investigate, check, and do research as well as propose measures related to corrupt practices in ministries, institutions, public and private units, in conformity with the procedures in force; Receive and review all complaints on corruption and take action accordingly; Take necessary measures to keep the corruption whistle blowers secure; etc. The Anti-corruption Institution has a separate budget package for its operation and the package is within the budget package of the Office of the Council of Ministers. Officials listed in Article 17 shall declare their assets and liabilities every two years.
The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: procedure implementation for corruption offences and competent; corruption offense and punishment; extradition and mutual legal assistance; etc.