MISDEMEANORS PUNISHMENT ORDINANCE, 1898

MISDEMEANORS PUNISHMENT ORDINANCE, 1898

no. 1 of 1898

an ordinance for the more effectual punishment of bribery
and certain other misdemeanors.

[28 th February, 1898]

1. this ordinance may be cited as the misdemeanors
punishment ordinance, 1898.

2. in this ordinance.

(a) bribe includes any fee, perquisite, reward, or
gratification, whether pecuniary or otherwise, not payable or
receivable by law.

(b) public servant means any person holding or dis-
charging the duties, whether permanently or temporarily, of
any office or appointment in the civil service, and includes
every member of the police force, and of the district watch-
men force appointed under the authority of the regulation
of chinese ordinance, 1888.

as amended by law rev. ord., 1924.

3. Every public servant who accepts, or obtains, or agrees
to accept, or attempts to obtain, or causes or procures to he
obtained, from any person, whether by himself or by any,
other person and whether for himself or for any other person,
any bribe, with a view to influence his conduct as such public
servant or to incline him contrary to his duty as such public
servant, or contrarys, to the rules of honesty and integrity, to
do or to omit to do any act,, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceed-
ing. two years, and to a fine not. exceeding five hundred
dollars.

4. Every person who gives or offers, or causes or procures
to be given or offered, to any public servant any bribe, for
himself or for any other person, with a view to influence his
conduct as such public servant or to incline him contrary to
his duty, as such public servant, or contrary to the rules of
honesty and integrity, to do or to omit to do any act, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding two years, and to a fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars.

5. Where any person is convicted of a common law misde-
meanor, or of any offence declared by any enactment to be a
misdemeanor, and no punishhment is provided by any enact-
ment for such misdemeanor, such person shall be liable to
Imprisonment for any term not exceeding three years and to
a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

[s. 6, rep. No. 13 of 1922.]

[Originally No. 3 of 1898. No. 13 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Ordinance No. 3 of 1888. Acceptance of bribe by public servant. Offering of bribe to public servant. Punishment of misdemeanor where punishment not otherwise specified.

[Originally No. 3 of 1898. No. 13 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Ordinance No. 3 of 1888. Acceptance of bribe by public servant. Offering of bribe to public servant. Punishment of misdemeanor where punishment not otherwise specified.

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