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.

[28th 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 discharging 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 force.

* As amended by No. 23 of 1930 [5.12.30].
3. Every public servant who accepts, or obtains, or agrees
to accept, or attempts to obtain, or causes or procures to be
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 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.

4. Ev~ry 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 omii 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 mis-
demeanor, or of any offence declared by' any enactment to be a
misdemeanor, and no punishment is provided by any enactment
for such misdemeanor, such person shall be liable to imprison-
ment 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. 23 of 1930.] Short title. Interpretation. Acceptance of bribe by public servant. [cf. No. 18 of 1936, ss. 25 & 29 (3).] Offering of bribe to public servant. [cf. No. 18 of 1936, ss. 25 & 29 (3).] Punishment of misdemeanor where punishment not otherwise specified. [cf. No. 18 of 1934, s. 99.]

[Originally No. 3 of 1898. No. 23 of 1930.] Short title. Interpretation. Acceptance of bribe by public servant. [cf. No. 18 of 1936, ss. 25 & 29 (3).] Offering of bribe to public servant. [cf. No. 18 of 1936, ss. 25 & 29 (3).] Punishment of misdemeanor where punishment not otherwise specified. [cf. No. 18 of 1934, s. 99.]

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