Section 27: The institution of a prosecution for an offence referred to in section 17(1), 23(7)(b) or 34(2), must be authorised in writing by the National Director, a Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions or the Director of Public Prosecutions concerned and only after the person concerned has been afforded a reasonable opportunity by the investigating or prosecuting authority, as the case may be, to explain, whether personally or through a legal representative—

27. The institution of a prosecution for an offence referred to in section 17(1), 23(7)(b) or 34(2), must be authorised in writing by the National Director, a Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions or the Director of Public Prosecutions concerned and only after the person concerned has been afforded a reasonable opportunity by the investigating or prosecuting authority, as the case may be, to explain, whether personally or through a legal representative—

(a) in the case of section 17(1), how he or she acquired the private interest concerned;

(b) in the case of section 23(7)(b), how he or she acquired the property or resources concerned; or

(c) in the case of section 34(2), why he or she failed to report in terms of section 34(2).

## Endorsement of Register