Prevention of Corruption Act · s 7

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s 7Increase of maximum penalty in certain cases; offences taken into consideration

(1)

A person convicted of an offence under section 5 or 6 shall, where the matter or transaction in relation to which the offence was committed was a contract or a proposal for a contract with any public body, or a sub-contract to execute work comprised in such a contract, be liable on conviction to a fine of $30,000 and imprisonment for 10 years.

(2)

Where a person charged with two or more offences for the acceptance of gratification in contravention of this Act is convicted of one or

Prevention of Corruption some of those offences, and the other outstanding offences are taken into consideration by the court for the purpose of passing sentence, the court may increase the penalty mentioned in subsection (1) by an amount not exceeding the total amount or value of the gratification specified in the charges for the offences so taken into consideration.