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Protected Disclosures Act, 2000 (Act No. 26 of 2000)

8. Protected disclosure to certain persons or bodies

 

(1) Any disclosure made in good faith to—
(a) the Public Protector;
(aA) the South African Human Rights Commission;
(aB) the Commission for Gender Equality;
(aC) the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities;
(aD) the Public Service Commission;
(b) the Auditor-General; or
(c) a person or body prescribed for purposes of this section; and in respect of which the employee or worker concerned reasonably believes that—
(i) the relevant impropriety falls within any description of matters which, in the ordinary course are dealt with by the person or body concerned: and
(ii) the information disclosed, and any allegation contained in it, are substantially tree,

is a protected disclosure.

[Section 8(1) is substituted by section 8(a) of Notice No. 768, GG 41016, dated 2 August 2017]

 

(2) A person or body referred to in, or prescribed in terms of, subsection (1) who is of the opinion that the matter would be more appropriately dealt with by another person or body referred to in, or prescribed in terms of, that subsection, must render such assistance to the employee or worker as is necessary to enable that employee or worker to comply with this section.

[Section 8(2) is substituted by section 8(b) of Notice No. 768, GG 41016, dated 2 August 2017]