Prevention of Corruption Act · 2019 Revised Edition · Part · Evidence
28. Evidence of accomplice
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding any rule of law or written law to the contrary, no witness shall, in any such trial or inquiry as is referred to in section 27, be presumed to be unworthy of credit by reason only of any payment or delivery by him or on his behalf of any gratification to an agent or member of a public body.
gratification
“gratification” includes — (a) money or any gift, loan, fee, reward, valuable security or other property or interest in property of any description, whether movable or immovable; (b) any office, dignity, employment, contract or services and any agreement to give employment or render services in any capacity; (c) any payment, release, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability whatsoever, whether in whole or in part; (d) any valuable consideration of any kind, any discount, commission, rebate, bonus, deduction or percentage; (e) any forbearance to demand any money or money’s worth or valuable thing; (f) any aid, vote, consent or influence or pretended aid, vote, consent or influence, and any promise or procurement of, or agreement or endeavour to procure, or the holding out of any expectation of, any gift, loan, fee, reward, consideration or gratification within the meaning of this paragraph; (g) any other service, favour or advantage of any description whatsoever, including protection from any penalty or disability incurred or apprehended or from any action or proceedings of a disciplinary or penal nature, whether or not already instituted, and including the exercise or the forbearance from the exercise of any right or any official power or duty; and (h) any offer, undertaking or promise of any gratification within the meaning of paragraphs (a) to (g);
Terms defined in s 2
agent
Defined · s 2“agent” means any person employed by or acting for another, and includes a trustee, administrator and executor, and a person serving under any public body, and for the purposes of section 26 includes a sub-contractor and any person employed by or acting for such sub-contractor;
gratification
Defined · s 2“gratification” includes — (a) money or any gift, loan, fee, reward, valuable security or other property or interest in property of any description, whether movable or immovable; (b) any office, dignity, employment, contract or services and any agreement to give employment or render services in any capacity; (c) any payment, release, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability whatsoever, whether in whole or in part; (d) any valuable consideration of any kind, any discount, commission, rebate, bonus, deduction or percentage; (e) any forbearance to demand any money or money’s worth or valuable thing; (f) any aid, vote, consent or influence or pretended aid, vote, consent or influence, and any promise or procurement of, or agreement or endeavour to procure, or the holding out of any expectation of, any gift, loan, fee, reward, consideration or gratification within the meaning of this paragraph; (g) any other service, favour or advantage of any description whatsoever, including protection from any penalty or disability incurred or apprehended or from any action or proceedings of a disciplinary or penal nature, whether or not already instituted, and including the exercise or the forbearance from the exercise of any right or any official power or duty; and (h) any offer, undertaking or promise of any gratification within the meaning of paragraphs (a) to (g);
public body
Defined · s 2“public body” includes — (a) the Government of Brunei Darussalam; (b) any department, or service or undertaking of the Government of Brunei Darussalam; (c) any corporation, council, board, commissioners or other body which has power to act under and for the purpose of any written law in force in Brunei Darussalam or any part thereof relating to local Government, public health or undertakings of public utility, or otherwise has power to administer funds belonging to the Government or money raised by rates, taxes or charges in pursuance of any written law in force in Brunei Darussalam; (d) any board, commissioners, committee or other body specified in the Schedule; (e) any company or subsidiary company over which or in which any public body as is referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), has controlling power or interest.
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