The Revised Proclamation For The Establishment Of The Federal Ethics And Anti-Corruption Commission Proclamation No. 1236/2021 provides a series of definitions in Part One, Section 2.
Here are the definitions identified in the proclamation:
“Commission” means The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
“Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner” means the Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner of the Commission respectively.
“Public Office” means any office the budget of which is fully or partially allocated by the Government and in which any Federal Government activity is performed.
“Public Enterprise” means any Public Enterprise or Share Company the ownership of which is fully or partly owned by the Federal Government.
“Public Organization” means a body that administers money, property or other resources collected in any form from members or the public or collected for public service and includes the private sector company or organization. It does not include:
- Religious organization.
- Political organization/parties.
- International organizations.
- Edir or other traditional or religious association.
“Public Official” for the purpose of this Proclamation, means:
- Members, Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the House of People’s Representatives.
- Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the House of the Federation.
- The President of the Republic.
- The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Ministers, State Ministers, Commissioners, Vice Commissioners, Directors, Deputy Directors, General Managers, Deputy General Managers.
- Presidents, Vice Presidents and Judges of Federal Courts.
- The Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General and Public Prosecutors.
- Presidents and Deputy Presidents of Universities.
- Deans and Deputy Deans of Colleges.
- Directors of Hospitals and other officials with similar rank at all levels.
“Public Employee” means any person, other than those referred to under Sub-Article (6) of this Article, employed or assigned, and working in any public office permanently or temporarily for a period of time longer than three months.
“Official of a Public Enterprise” for the purpose of this proclamation shall include Chairman and Members of the Board of directors or Boards of Management of the Enterprise, the Head and Deputy Heads of the enterprise as well as any management member appointed or assigned by the Board, Board of Management or any other competent body.
“Official of a Public Organization” for the purpose of this proclamation shall include Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors or Board of Management of the organization, the Head and Deputy Heads of the organization as well as any management member appointed or assigned by the Board, head of the Organization or any other competent body.
“Employee of a public enterprise or public organization” means any person employed or assigned and working in any public enterprise or organization permanently or temporarily for a period of time longer than three months.
“Ethics Liaison Units” are organizations that the ethics and anticorruption commission creates under public offices, public enterprises or public organizations for it to accomplish its tasks in the respective institutions.
“Ethics officer or employee of ethics liaison unit” means any person assigned or employed and working in public offices, public enterprises or public organizations.
“Mass Organizations” means students’ ethics and anticorruption clubs the commission creates in public or private educational institutions, or other various organizations created in public offices, public enterprises and public organizations so as to enable it to enhance good ethical values and prevent corruption.
“Resource collected for public purpose” means money, property or resource that is collected with the intent to support, assist, encourage or develop the whole or a section of the community or obtained in any way with such intent and administered or utilized by a charity or association or a committee organized or formed for such purpose.
“Bank Account” means money, gold and other similar precious items deposited in a bank and includes any transaction a customer has with a bank.
“Whistle blower” means any person who reports to the commission or ethics liaison units a corruption offense intended to be committed or inaccurate asset registration.
“National Anticorruption Policy and Strategy” means a national document that indicates the level the country envisages of achieving in the short and long term in building good ethical conduct, preventing and combating corruption.
“Person” means natural or juridical person.