(b) (c) (4) in proceedings before a Commission of Inquiry appointed in accordance with this Constitution; or in disciplinary proceedings or proceedings against any person in accordance with this Constitution. Any property or assets acquired by a public officer after an initial declaration of assets required by subsection (1) which is not attributed to his income from his public officer or other permitted employment, personal gifts as permitted by the Code of Conduct, inheritance or a loan or investment (including any savings scheme) on ordinary commercial terms shall be prima facie evidence of having been acquired, and in the absence of a credible explanation by the public officer concerned maybe deemed to have been acquired, in contravention of the Code of Conduct and shall render the public officer liable(a) (5) (6) Ombudsman to 224. Report contravention of Code of Conduct in the case of a public officer in a public service or who is subject to other disciplinary procedures, to disciplinary action by the appropriate person or authority; or (b) in any other case, to removal from office or, as the case may be proceedings for removal, as provided by this Constitution or any other law. The Ombudsman shall submit his or her declaration of assets to the Finance and Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly. This section applies to all public officers other than members of the public service, the staff of a local government authority or public enterprise or members of a disciplined force, below such position or rank as may be prescribed by or under an Act of the National Assembly. Where, in the course of any investigation, it appears to the Ombudsman that there has been a contravention of the Code of Conduct set out in this Chapter, he or she may(a) (b) in the case of a public officer in a public service or who is subject to other disciplinary procedures, refer the matter to the appropriate disciplinary authority; or in any other case, refer the matter to the authority having power to remove the public officer from office or, as the case may be, to the National Assembly.