PREVENTION OF BRIBERY BILL
A BILL
To
Make further and better provision for the prevention of bribery and for purposes necessary thereto or connected therewith.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
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PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance 1969, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.
2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"advantage" means-
(a) any gift, loan, fee, reward or commission consisting of money or of any valuable security or other property or interest in property of any description, whether movable or immovable;
(b) any office, employment or contract;
(c) any payment, release, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability, whether in whole or in part;
(d) any other service, entertainment, 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;
(e) the exercise or forbearance from the exercise of any right
or any power or duty; and
(ƒ) any offer, undertaking or promise, whether conditional or unconditional, of any advantage within the meaning of any of the preceding paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e);
"agent" includes a public servant and any person employed by or
acting for another;
Short title and commencement.
Interpretation.