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REPRINTS SUPPLEMENT (ACTS) NO. 27 SEPTEMBER 14, 1966 923
*REPRINT OF
THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION
ORDINANCE, 1960.
(Ord. 39 of 1960).
An Ordinance to provide for the more effectual prevention
of corruption.
[17th June, 1960.】
Ord. 39 of 1960.
Ord. 6
of 1963.
Act 10
of 1966.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Prevention of Short title. Corruption Ordinance, 1960.
tion,
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise Interpreta- requires
"agent" means any person employed by or acting for another, and includes a trustee, administrator and executor, and a person serving the Government or under any corporation or public body, and for the purposes of section 8 of this Ordinance includes a sub-contractor and any person employed by or acting for such sub-contractor;
"Director" means the Director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau appointed under section 3 of this Ordinance;
“gratification” includes
(a) money or any gift, loan, fee, reward, com- mission, valuable security or other property or interest in property of any description, whether movable or immov- able;
(b) any office, employment or contract; (c) any payment, release, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability whatsoever, whether in whole or in part; (d) any other service, favour or advantage of any description whatsoever, including pro- tection from any penalty or disability incurred or apprehended or from any action or proceedings of a disciplinary or penal nature, whether or not already instituted, and including the exercise or the forbearance from the exercise of any right or any official power or duty; and
*The sections of this Reprint have been renumbered by virtue of the powers conferred by subsection (2) (c) of section 38 of the Interpretation Act, 1965 (Act 10 of 1965). For purposes of reference, the former section numbers are shown within square brackets where they differ from the Reprint.