The corruption watchdog has recommended legal advice be sought about potentially prosecuting disgraced former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire and former members of Canterbury City Council.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption found former councillors at Canterbury council engaged in serious corrupt conduct by dishonestly and partially exercising their official functions.

The ICAC found former councillors Michael Hawatt and Pierre Azzi, and then director of city planning Spiro Stavis misused their positions in relation to planning proposals and applications at the Council.

In its report released on Monday afternoon, the commission also found that the Council’s former general manager, Jim Montague, engaged in serious corrupt conduct.

In a statement the ICAC recommended seeking advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions “with respect to the prosecution of Mr Hawatt, Mr Azzi, Mr Stavis, Charbel Demian, Daryl Maguire and Marwan Chanine for various offences.”

The commission found Mr Maguire should be considered for prosecution over two offences under the ICAC Act, for “giving false or misleading evidence at the public inquiry on July 13, 2018.”

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