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PUBLIC BODIES CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT 1889 - SECT 1

Corruption in office a misdemeanor.

1.(1) Every person who shall by himself or by or in conjunction with any other
person, corruptly solicit or receive, or agree to receive, for himself, or for
any other person, any gift, loan, fee, reward, or advantage whatever as an
inducement to, or reward for, or otherwise on account of any member, officer,
or servant of a public body as in this Act defined, doing or forbearing to do
anything in respect of any matter or transaction whatsoever, actual or
proposed, in which the said public body is concerned, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.

(2) Every person who shall by himself or by or in conjunction with any other
person corruptly give, promise, or offer any gift, loan, fee, reward, or
advantage whatsoever to any person, whether for the benefit of that person or
of another person, as an inducement to or reward for or otherwise on account
of any member, officer, or servant of any public body as in this Act defined,
doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of any matter or transaction
whatsoever, actual or proposed, in which such public body as aforesaid is
concerned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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