Maintenance Act, 1998
R 385
gratification
includes-
| a) | money, whether in cash or otherwise; |
| b) | any donation, gift, loan, fee, reward, valuable security, property or interest in property of any description, whether movable or immovable, or any other similar advantage; |
| c) | the avoidance of a loss, liability, penalty, forfeiture. punishment or other disadvantage; |
| d) | any office, status, honour, employment, contract of employment or services, any agreement to give employment or render services in any capacity and residential or holiday accommodation; |
| e) | any payment, release, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability, whether in whole or in part; |
| f) | any forbearance to demand any money or money‘s worth or valuable thing; |
| g) | any other service or favour or advantage of any description, including protection from any penalty or disability incurred or apprehended or from any action or proceedings of a disciplinary, civil or criminal nature, whether or not already instituted, and includes the exercise or the forbearance from the exercise of any right or any official power or duty; |
| h) | any right or privilege; |
| i) | any real or pretended aid, vote, consent, influence or abstention from voting; or |
| j) | any valuable consideration or benefit of any kind, including any discount, commission, rebate, bonus, deduction or percentage; |
