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CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 145

145—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Part—

"benefit" includes an indirect benefit;

"indirect benefit"—a benefit given or offered by a person (A) to another person (B) is taken to be an indirect benefit to a third person (C) if it is given or offered with the intention of influencing C and C, knowing of A's intention, acquiesces in A's act;

"public agency" means—

            (a)         the police force; or

            (b)         a department or administrative unit of the public service; or

            (c)         any other agency or instrumentality of the State; or

            (d)         a body that is subject to control or direction by a Minister, agency or instrumentality of the State; or

            (e)         a body whose members, or a majority of whose members, are appointed by the Governor or a Minister, agency or instrumentality of the State; or

            (f)         a local government body; or

            (g)         a planning assessment panel;

"public officer" means a member, officer or employee of a public agency.

        (2)         A person, who works for a public agency by agreement between the person's employer and the public agency or an authority responsible for staffing the public agency, is to be regarded, for the purposes of this Part, as an employee of the public agency.



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