Act for which no punishment has been provided for in this Act shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of K10,000,000 and imprisonment for five years. The Registrar of political parties shall receive and investigate complaints received under this Act. And in exercise of his powers, functions and duties, be independent of the interference or direction of any other person or authority. National Intelligence Service Act 2018 41. The Act establishes of the National Intelligence Service with clear definition of its powers, functions and duties, to regulate the administration and control of the Service; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental thereto. The Service is bound to be an independent State institution reporting to the President. 42. The duties of the Service include to gather, evaluate, correlate, interpret, investigate, disseminate and store information, whether inside or outside the Republic, for the purpose of detecting and identifying of threats to the security of the Republic, advising the President and Government of any threat or potential threat to the security of the Republic, taking steps to protect the security interests of the Republic whether social, military or economic and supporting the prevention or detection of serious crime. The Service will also perform such tasks as may be necessary to protect the State from threats and acts of espionage, subversion, terrorism, sabotage or actions intended to undermine parliamentary democracy or to overthrow the Government by unconstitutional means. Furthermore, the service shall also advise the Government Departments, public bodies or institutions and statutory bodies or corporations, on the protection of vital installations. 43. The Act provides that every member of staff of the Service shall be subject to a Disciplinary Code as may be prescribed by the Act. Staff of the Service shall not engage in any political activity or represent or act as an agent of any political party, group or individual. The staff of the Service shall not, in the performance of the functions or powers under the Act, subject any person to torture or any other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. This provision compliments the provision of the Constitution specifically section 19 that provides for human dignity and personal freedom. 44. The Service shall annually submit a report on the activities of the Service to the Defense and Security Committee of Parliament. This is for the purposes of checks and balances to 11