PREVENTION OF BRIBERY BILL
Possession of unexplained property.
10. Any public servant who is or has been-
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(a) maintaining a standard of living above that which is
commensurate with his official emoluments; or
(b) in control of pecuniary resources or property dispropor-
tionate to his official emoluments,
/ shall, unless he gives a satisfactory explanation to the court as to how
he is or has been able to maintain such a standard of living or how such
pecuniary resources or property came under his control, be guilty of an
offence.
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(2) No prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) shall be
instituted without the consent in writing of the Attorney General, who
shall, before consenting to the institution of a prosecution against a
person for such an offence, inform that person that a prosecution against
him for such an offence is under consideration and give him an opportunity
of making representations in writing to the Attorney General.
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(3) Neither section 7 of the Legal Officers Ordinance nor section
43 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance shall apply to or
in respect of this section.
for, an offence under section 5 or 6, to a fine of One hundred
hey thousand dollars and to imprisonment for ten years, and
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for any other offence under this Part, to a fine of twenty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for seven years; and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of ten thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for three years,
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