Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 357

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person dishonestly—

              (i)     provides a benefit to an agent or someone else; or

              (ii)     causes a benefit to be provided to an agent or someone else; or

              (iii)     offers to provide, or promises to provide, a benefit to an agent or someone else; or

              (iv)     causes an offer of the provision of a benefit, or a promise of the provision of a benefit, to be made to an agent or someone else; and

        (b)     obtaining, or expecting to obtain, the benefit would tend to influence the agent to provide a favour.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (2)     An agent commits an offence if—

        (a)     the agent dishonestly—

              (i)     asks for a benefit for the agent or someone else; or

              (ii)     obtains a benefit for the agent or someone else; or

              (iii)     agrees to obtain a benefit for the agent or someone else; and

        (b)     obtaining, or expecting to obtain, the benefit would tend to influence the agent to provide a favour.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (3)     For this section, it does not matter whether the benefit is in the nature of a reward.