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Validity of proceeding, etc.11 (1) A proceeding in respect of an offence must not be delayed or held to beinvalid on the grounds that a right granted by this Act has been infringed or denied orthat this Act has not been complied with, and the court must not make an orderrespecting the conduct of that proceeding or the validity or propriety of an order,conviction, sentence or any other thing done in that proceeding on those grounds.(2) An order, conviction or sentence may not be appealed on the grounds that a rightgranted by this Act has been infringed or denied.Ombudsman12 (1) The Ombudsman Act applies to this Act.(2) Despite subsection (1), the Ombudsman must refuse to investigate theappropriateness of a decision by a member of the Criminal Justice Branch of theMinistry of Attorney General, or a special prosecutor as described in section 7 of theCrown Counsel Act,Annual report(a) to approve the prosecution of an offence,(b) to decline to approve the prosecution of an offence,(c) to delay proceeding with the prosecution of an offence,(d) to stay the prosecution of an offence,(e) to conduct or decline to conduct an appeal or other proceeding in respect ofan offence, or(f) to exercise any other aspect of prosecutorial discretion.13 The annual report under section 6 of the Attorney General Act must include areport on the administration of this Act.Employers are not to penalize14 An employer must not discharge, suspend, intimidate, coerce, impose anyfinancial or other penalty on or otherwise discriminate against an employee becausethat person is absent from work(a) to appear in court as a witness in a proceeding respecting an offence, or(b) to attend at a meeting with justice system personnel at the request of thosepersonnel to assist in an investigation or preparation for the prosecution of anoffence.7