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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 7

Title: Public Servant Taking Gratification Other Than Legal Remuneration in Respect of an Official Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....a motive or reward for doing or forbearing to do any official act or for showing or forbearing to show, in the exercise of his official functions, favour or disfavour to any person or forrendering or attempting 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 which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation. (a) "Expecting to be a public servant." If a person not expecting to be in office obtains a gratification by deceiving others into a belief that he is about to be in office, and that he will when serve them, be may be guilty of cheating, but he is not guilty of the offence defined in this section. (b) "Gratification." The word gratification" is not restricted to pecuniary gratifications or to gratifications estimable in money. (c) "Legal remuneration." The words "legal remuneration" are not restricted to.....

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 20

Title: Presumption Where Public Servant Accepts Gratification Other Than Legal Remuneration

State: Central

Year: 1988

(1) Where, in any trial of an offence punishable under section 7 or section 11 or clause (a) or clause (b) or sub-section (1) of section 13 it is proved that an accused person has accepted or obtained or has agreed to accept or attempted to obtain for himself, or for any other person, any gratification (other than legal remuneration) or any valuable thing from any person, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that he accepted or obtained or agreed to accept or attempted to obtain that gratification or that valuable thing, as the case may be, as a motive or reward such as is mentioned in section 7 or, as the case may be, without consideration or for a consideration which he knows to be inadequate. (2) Where in any trial of an offence punishable under section 12 or under clause (b) of section 14, it is proved that any gratification (other than legal remuneration) or any valuable thing has been given or offered to be given or attempted to be given by an accused person, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that he gave or offered to give or attempted to give that gratification or that valuable thing, as the case may be, as a motive or reward such as.....

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 8

Title: Taking Gratification, in Order, by Corrupt or Illegal Means, to Influence Public Servant

State: Central

Year: 1988

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 or 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 or disfavour to any person, or to render or attempt o 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 six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 9

Title: Taking Gratification, for Exercise of Personal Influence with Public Servant

State: Central

Year: 1988

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 six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....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. Explanation.-- For the purposes of this section, "known sources of income" means income received from any lawful source and such receipt has been intimated in accordance with the provisions of any law, rules or orders for the time being applicable to a public servant. (2) Any public servant who commits criminal misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than one year but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine. 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 two years but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine. 15.Punishment for attempt .-- Whoever attempts to commit an offence referred to in clause.....

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Chapter III

Title: Offences and Penalties

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....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. Explanation. For the purposes of this section, "known sources of income" means income received from any lawful source and such receipt has been intimated in accordance with the provisions of any law, rules or orders for the time being applicable to a public servant. (2) Any public servant who commits criminal misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than one year but which may extend to seven 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 two years but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine. Section 15 - Punishment for attempt Whoever attempts to commit an offence referred to in.....

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....Court of Justice (including a liquidator, receiver or Commissioner) whose duty is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate, or keep any document, or to take charge or dispose of any property or to execute any judicial process, or to a administrator any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order in the Court, and every person specially authorized by a Court of Justice to perform any of such duties; Fifth--Every juryman, assessor, or member of a Panchayat assisting a Court of Justice or public servant; Sixth--Every arbitrator or other person to whom any cause or matter has been referred for decision or report by any Court of Justice, or by any other competent public authority; Seventh--Every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement; Eighth--Every officer of the Government, whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to being offenders to justice, or to protect the public health, safety or convenience; Ninth--Every officer whose duty it is, as such officer, to take, receive, keep or expend any property on behalf of.....

Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1971

.....dies and the report of his death is received before the publication of the list of proposed candidates, the Director shall on being satisfied of the fact of the death of the candidate, not include his name in the list of contesting candidates. (ii) The said list shall contain the names in alphabetical order and the addresses of the contesting candidates and the other particulars, as given in the nomination papers. The alphabetical order shall be determined with reference to the surnames of the candidates having surnames and the names proper of other candidates. (iii) If the list is prepared in more languages than one, the names of candidates therein shall be arranged alphabetically according to the script of such one of those languages as the Director may direct. (15) The Director shall immediately after its preparation enclose a copy of the list of candidates to be affixed in some conspicuous place in his office. Rule13. The Director shall at the meeting convened under section 14 on the day following the day of the publication of the list of candidates proceed for the co- option of a member/members from amongst the contesting candidates in the manner prescribed by.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 171B

Title: Bribery

State: Central

Year: 1860

(1) Whoever-- (i) gives a gratification to any person with the object of inducing him or any other person to exercise any electoral right or of rewarding any person for having exercised any such right; or (ii) accepts either for himself or for any other person any gratification as a reward for exercising any such right or for inducing or attempting to induce any other person to exercise any such right; commits the offence of bribery: Provided that a declaration of public policy or a promise of public action shall not be an offence under this section, (2) A person who offers, or agrees to give, or offers or attempts to procure, a gratification shall be deemed to give a gratification. (3) A person who obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain a gratification shall be deemed to accept a gratification, and a person who accepts a gratification as a motive for doing what he docs not intend to do, or as a reward for doing what he has not done, shall be deemed to have accepted the gratification as a reward.

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1947

.....clause (e) of sub-section (1), the pecuniary resources or property referred to in that clause for which the accused person is unable to account satisfactorily."] 3 (e) [e] Substituted for original sub-section (4) by Prevention of Corruption (Second Amendment) Act, 1959 (58 of 1952), S. 4 (12-8-1952). [(4) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law for the time being in force, and nothing contained herein shall exempt any public servant from any proceeding whichmight, apart from this section, be instituted against him.] SECTION 5A : Investigation into cases under this Act 3 (a) [a] Substituted for former section 5A by the Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act. 1964 (40 of 1964). S. 6 (3) (18-12-1964)..- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the (Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898) , no police officer below the rank,- (a) in the case of the Delhi Special Police Establishment, of an Inspector of Police; (b) in the presidency-towns of Calcutta and Madras, of an Assistant Commissioner of Police: (c) in the presidency-town of Bombay, of a Superintendent of Police; and (d) elsewhere, of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, shall.....