Section 72: Investigating Authority
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72. Investigating Authority
(1) The Director shall be the Investigating Authority.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, the Director may—
(a) make use of the services of a public officer designated for that
purpose by the Head of the Civil Service; or
(b) subject to the approval of the Minister, where he considers it
expedient to do so, retain the services of an independent professional or specialised agency from Mauritius or overseas for such
specific purpose as he may require.
(3) The Minister may, in relation to the exercise of the powers of the
Investigating Authority under this Act, give such general directions to the
Investigating Authority, not inconsistent with this Act, as he considers
necessary in the public interest and the Investigating Authority shall comply
with those directions.