Cap. 527 Art. 13Notice to whistleblower.

(1) The whistleblowing reporting officer shall acknowledge receipt of an internal disclosure within seven (7) days of receipt and provide feedback within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3)

months from the acknowledgment of receipt or, if no acknowledgment was sent to the reporting person, three (3) months from the expiry of the seven (7) day period after the report was made.

(2) For the purposes of article 16, where it is apparent from external action that action has been taken to rectify the improper practice it will not be necessary for the whistleblowing reporting officer to notify the person who made the disclosure.

(3) In the event that a disclosure under this Part leads to the detection of an improper practice which constitutes a crime or contravention under any applicable law, the whistleblowing reporting office may refer the report received to the police for investigation thereof: However, should the subject matter of the report have been rectified no provision of any law shall be interpreted as imposing an obligation on the whistleblowing reporting officer to report such matter.