Prevention of Corruption Act · 2019 Revised Edition · Part · Offences
6. Punishment of corrupt transaction with agents
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If —
any agent corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification as an inducement or reward for doing or forbearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act in relation to his principal’s affairs or business, or for showing or forbearing to show favour or disfavour to any person in relation to his principal’s affairs or business;
agent
“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;
any person corruptly gives or agrees to give or offers any gratification to any agent as an inducement or reward for doing or forbearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act in relation to his principal’s affairs or business, or for showing or forbearing to show favour or disfavour to any person in relation to his principal’s affairs or business; or
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);
any person knowingly gives to an agent, or if an agent knowingly uses with intent to deceive his principal, any receipt, account or other document in respect of which the principal is interested, and which contains any statement which is false or erroneous or defective in any material particular, and which to his knowledge is intended to mislead the principal, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $30,000 and imprisonment for 7 years.
principal
“principal” includes any employer, any beneficiary under a trust, and any trust estate (as though it were a person), any person beneficially interested in the estate of a deceased person (as though it were a person) and, in the case of any person serving under a public body, the public body;
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);
principal
Defined · s 2“principal” includes any employer, any beneficiary under a trust, and any trust estate (as though it were a person), any person beneficially interested in the estate of a deceased person (as though it were a person) and, in the case of any person serving under a public body, the public body;
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