
R 385.00
Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)Chapter XI. Internal Service Evaluation and Eradication and Prevention of Corruption95. Compliance monitoring |
(1) | The National Commissioner must conduct an internal service evaluation by means of internal auditing, performance auditing, inspections and investigations to promote the economical and efficient operation of the Department and to ensure that the objectives and principles of this Act are met. |
(2) | Such compliance monitoring must assess, at regular intervals, the effectiveness of internal control at national and regional level, individual correctional centres including public-private partnership correctional centres and community corrections, by— |
(a) | determining whether the departmental operations are conducted effectively; |
(b) | reviewing the reliability of financial, operational and management information; |
(c) | ascertaining whether departmental assets and interests are controlled and safeguarded from losses; |
(d) | assessing the effective utilisation of human and other resources; and |
(e) | monitoring whether established objectives for programmes are being achieved. |
(f) | suggesting measures to combat theft, fraud, corruption and any other dishonest practices or irregularities; and |
(g) | investigating theft, fraud, corruption and any other dishonest practices or irregularities. |
(3) | The National Commissioner must establish appropriate mechanisms for compliance monitoring. |
(3A)
(a) | The Commissioner must establish a unit to deal with matters in terms of subsections (2)(f) and (g) and (3). |
(b) | Members of this unit— |
(i) | are responsible to initiate disciplinary proceedings resulting from any investigation in terms of subsection (2)(g); and |
(ii) | may in the manner prescribed by regulation enter and search any departmental premises and seize any departmental record |