Section 31: Prohibition to hamper investigation

31. 4[Prohibition to hamper investigation].—(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, if any person concerned with the inquiry 5[,] investigation and prosecution of a case consciously and deliberately and with malice 6[*] compromises, hampers, misleads, jeopardizes or defeats an 7[inquiry or] investigation of a case under process before NAB or any concerned agency or authority or 8[the Court or any other court] he shall be 9[guilty of an offence under this Ordinance punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years]. (b) No person will be proceeded 10[against] under this section except with the sanction of a Committee 11[comprising] the Chairman NAB Deputy Chairman NAB and the Prosecutor General Accountability.

Effective date: 1999-01-01

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