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(1) Where a disclosure is made to a person specified under section 3, the person shall investigate the matter except that where the person to whom the disclosure is made does not have the capability to undertake the investigation, the person shall refer the disclosure as recorded to the Attorney-General or another body as directed by the Attorney-General for investigation within seven working days after receipt of the disclosure.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the Attorney-General may on receipt of a copy of a written disclosure under section 7, cause investigation to be conducted into the disclosure.

(3) Investigation undertaken in respect of impropriety shall be carried out as expeditiously as possible and shall in any event be completed within sixty days of receipt of the disclosure or directives to undertake the investigation.

(4) A person who undertakes an investigation in respect of an impropriety and in the cause of that investigation conceals or suppresses evidence, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less than two years and not more than five years.