CHAPTER 17 COMPLAINTS AND PENALTIES ARTICLE 72 COMPLAINTS SUBMITTED TO THE AUTHORITY The Authority shall investigate the complaints submitted to it with respect to breach of the provisions of this Law or breach of the regulations or decisions issued for the implementation hereof, and shall issue the appropriate decision with respect thereto within the limits of its duties and powers as provided for in this Law. The Authority may require the complainant to submit a signed written statement to include all the facts and circumstances relating to the complaint. The Authority shall inform the Public Prosecutor’s Office if the Authority becomes, during the consideration of any complaint, suspicious that any of the offences provided for in this Law or in any other law has been committed, in order to take such action as may be necessary. ARTICLE 73 PENALTIES Without prejudice to any stricter penalty provided for in the Law of Penalties or any other law: (a) The following shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dinars: 1 a Board member who is proven to be in breach of the provision of Article 7(a) of this Law. 2 the General Director or any staff member of the Authority who is proven to be in breach of the provision of Article 21(a) of this Law. The court may adjudicate that the sums of money acquired by the Board member, the General Director or the staff member, in the case of convicting any of them, be confiscated. (b) The General Director or any staff member of the Authority who is proven to be in breach of any of the provisions provided for in Article 22(a) of this Law shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dinars. (c) Every Person that knowingly employs the General Director or any staff member of the Authority in contravention of the provision of Article 22(b) of this Law shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dinars. -50Translation dated 12 April 2009 This is an unofficial translation of the Law. It is provided for information purposes only. Reliance may only be placed upon the official Arabic version of the Law published in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Any comments on this translation will be gratefully received by the Authority. Please email any comments to: contact@tra.org.bh