If the Secretary of Justice, after receiving a complaint or accusation against any official, employee, former official or former employee, based on the provisions of §§ 99h—99z of this title, does not take any action within the term of ninety (90) days, or in a term not greater than one hundred and eighty (180) days when he obtains an extension by the Panel, he shall submit the entire file of the investigation to the Panel, which shall determine the convenience of appointing a Special Prosecutor to carry out the investigation and prosecution needed for the disposition of said complaint.
History —Feb. 23, 1988, No. 2, p. 4, § 9, eff. 30 days after Feb. 23, 1988.