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    "content": "(1) Every State officer shall submit to the Commission a declaration of income, assets and liabilities- (a) before they are elected or appointed into office; (b) within thirty days of being appointed or elected and sworn-in as a State officer; (c) annually, on the first day of November in each year; and (d) within thirty days of ceasing to be a State officer. (2) A declaration shall be made by a State officer in respect of- (a) the State officer; (b) the State officer’s spouse; (c) the State officer’s dependants who are under the age of eighteen years; and (d) any property held in trust for the State officer. (3) The declaration shall be in the prescribed form. (4) The declaration may be submitted as a hard or soft copy or in any other prescribed format. (5) Where a soft copy of a declaration is submitted, it shall be considered valid if it bears a unique identification feature which can sufficiently identify the State officer making the declaration. (6) A public entity may obtain from the Commission a copy of a declaration made by a State officer for whom it is the authorized body for purposes of satisfying itself of the integrity and ethical standards maintained by the State officer. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the purpose of this section basically is to bring back to the Bill the procedure for declaration of income, assets and liabilities. This procedure had already been brought into the Leadership and Integrity Bill, but had been removed at the Cabinet level. It is important that we bring it back to ensure that those"
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