Any person who, directly or indirectly—
| a) |
accepts or agrees or offers to accept any gratification from any other person, whether for the benefit of himself or herself or for the benefit of another person; or |
| b) |
gives or agrees or offers to give to any other person any gratification, whether for the benefit of that other person or for the benefit of another person, |
in order to act, personally or by influencing another person so to act, in a manner—
| (aa) |
illegal, dishonest, unauthorised, incomplete, or biased; or |
| (bb) |
misuse or selling of information or material acquired in the course of the, |
exercise, carrying out or performance of any powers, duties or functions arising out of a constitutional, statutory, contractual or any other legal obligation;
| (aa) |
the abuse of a position of authority; |
| (bb) |
a breach of trust; or |
| (cc) |
the violation of a legal duty or a set of rules; |
| (iii) |
designed to achieve an unjustified result; or |
| (iv) |
that amounts to any other unauthorised or improper inducement to do or not to do anything, |
is guilty of the offence of corruption
Witness Protection Act, 1998
