68. Are elected officials required to submit reports regarding their finances?

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Answer
Yes
Source

138(2) The Commission shall be charged with the duty of—

(a) receiving, from time to time, declarations in writing of the assets, liabilities and income of Members of the House of Representatives, Ministers of Government, Parliamentary Secretaries, Senators, Judges, Magistrates, Permanent Secretaries, Chief Technical Officers, Members of the Tobago House of Assembly, Members of Municipalities, Members of Local Government Authorities and Members of the Boards of all Statutory Bodies, State Enterprises and the holders of such other offices as may be prescribed; [...]

Source: Article 138(2), Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 1976 (updated 2015)

11. (1) A person shall, within three months of becoming a person in public life, complete and file with the Commission in the prescribed form, a declaration of his income, assets and liabilities that exceed ten thousand dollars in value in respect of the previous year and, thereafter, on 31st May in each succeeding year that he is a person in public life, he shall file further declarations of his income, assets and liabilities.

Source: Article 11(1), Integrity in Public Life Act, 2000 (updated 2015)

Comment

The elected officials are required to submit reports to the Integrity Commission.

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