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PREVENTION OF BRIBERY

Ord. No. 102/70.

A531

L.S.

HONG KONG

No. 102 of 1970.

I assent.

D. C. C. TRENCH,

Governor.

17th December, 1970.

An Ordinance to make further and better provision for the preven- tion of bribery and for purposes necessary thereto or con- nected therewith.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

PART I.

PRELIMINARY.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Prevention of Bribery Short title Ordinance 1970, 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 of other property or interest in property of any description;

(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, or favour (other than entertainment), including protection from any penalty or disability in- curred or apprehended or from any action or proceedings of a disciplinary, civil or criminal nature, whether or not already instituted;

and com- mezzement.

Interpretation.