President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Wednesday ratified the third amendment to the ‘Prosecutor General’s Act’ which prohibits the Prosecutor General from practicing law for an year after serving as Prosecutor General.
The amendment was passed by the Parliament at the 33rd sitting of its second session, on 31 August 2020. The amendment vests the Prosecutor General with more independence. It also lists the conditions the Prosecutor General must adhere to in executing the office’s duties, and in engaging in business or other activities that may compromise its quality of work or ethical standards.
Under the amendment the Prosecutor General must submit his or her asset declaration form. Further the amended Act makes failure to comply with the office's ethical principles or do their due diligence on the part of the Prosecutor General's Office's employees, legally actionable.
Following ratification, the changes to the Act under the new amendment have been published in the Government Gazette.
