THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988
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Section 7 Public Servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act
Whoever, being, of expecting to be public servant, accepts of obtains or agrees to accept of attempts to obtain form any person, for himself of for any other person, any gratification whatever, other than legal remuneration, as a motive or reward for doing or forbearing to do any official act or for showing of forbearing to show, in the exercise of his official functions, favour of disfavour to any person or for rendering of attempting to render any service of disservice to any person, with the central government of any state government of parliament of the legislature of any state or with any local authority or with any public servant whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment which shall be not less then three years but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.
Sanction 8 Taking gratification, in order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence public servant:-
Whoever accepts or obtains, or agrees to accept, or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever as a motive or reward for inducing, by corrupt of illegal means, any public servant, whether named or otherwise, to do or to forbear to do any official act, or in the exercise of the official functions of such public servant to show favour of disfavour to any person, or to rander or attempt to render any service or disservice to any person with the Central Government of any State Government or Parliament of the Legislature of any State of with any local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of section 2, or with public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than [three years] but which may extend to [seven years] and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 9 Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant:-
Whoever accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever, as a motive or reward for inducing, by the exercise of personal influence, any public servant whether named or otherwise to do or to forbear to do any official act, or in the exercise of the official functions of such public servant to show favour or disfavour to any person, or to render or attempt to render any service or disservice to any person with the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State or with any local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of section 2, or with any public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than 1[three years] but which may extend to 2[seven years] and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 10 Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9:
Whoever, being a public servant, in respect of whom either of the offences defined in section 8 or section 9 is committed, abets the offence, whether or not that offence is committed in consequence of that abetment, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 11 Public servant obtaining valuable thing, without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or business transacted by such public servant: Whoever, being a public servant, accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain for himself, or for any other person, any valuable thing without consideration, or for a consideration which he knows to be inadequate, from any person whom he knows to have been, or to be, or to be likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by such public servant, or having any connection with the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is subordinate, or from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related to the person so concerned, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 12 Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 7 or 11: Whoever abets any offence punishable under section 7 or section 11 whether or not that offence is committed in consequence of that abetment, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than 1[three years] but which may extend to 2[seven years] and shall also be liable to five.
Section 13 Criminal misconduct by a public servant.—(1) A public servant is said to commit the offence of criminal misconduct:
(a) if he habitually accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person for himself or for any other person any gratification other than legal remuneration as a motive or reward such as is mentioned in section 7; or
(b) if he habitually accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain for himself or for any other person, any valuable thing without consideration or for a consideration which he knows to be inadequate from any person whom he knows to have been, or to be, or to be likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by him, or having any connection with the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is subordinate, or from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related to the person so concerned; or
(c) if he dishonestly or fraudulently misappropriates or otherwise converts for his own use any property entrusted to him or under his control as a public servant or allows any other person so to do; or
(d) if he; (i) by corrupt or illegal means, obtains for himself or for any other person any valuable thing or pecuniary advantage; or
(ii) by abusing his position as a public servant, obtains for himself or for any other person any valuable thing or pecuniary advantage; or
(iii) while holding office as a public servant, obtains for any person any valuable thing or pecuniary advantage without any public interest; or
(e) if he or any person on his behalf, is in possession or has, at any time during the period of his office, been in possession for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income.
(2) Any public servant who commits criminal misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than four years but which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 14 Habitual committing of offence under sections 8, 9 and 12:
Whoever habitually commits—
(a) an offence punishable under section 8 or section 9; or
(b) an offence punishable under section 12,
Shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than (w.e.f. 16-1-2014) five years but which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 15 Punishment for attempt:
Whoever attempts to commit an offence referred to in clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 13 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term (w.e.f. 16-1-2014) which shall not be less than two years but which may extend to five years and with fine.
Section 16 Matters to be taken into consideration for fixing fine:
Where a sentence of fine is imposed under sub-section (2) of section 13 or section 14, the court in fixing the amount of the fine shall take into consideration the amount or the value of the property, if any, which the accused person has obtained by committing the offence or where the conviction is for an offence referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 13, the pecuniary resources or property referred to in that clause for which the accused person is unable to account satisfactorily.
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