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The provisions of the Notice

5.

The Acceptance of Advantages (Governor's Permission) Notice 1992 sets out the circumstances in which gifts, discount, loans of money and passages may be solicited/accepted in terms of the relationship between the donor and the recipient, thus :-

Paragraph of Notice

3

4

5

6

7

Donor

Relations

Tradesmen, firms, companies

organizations and

associations

Close personal friends

Other people

The Government

Paragraphs 6 - 15 below which highlight points of importance should be read in conjunction with the relevant paragraphs of the Notice.

Advantages from relations

6.

Under paragraph 3 of the Notice, Crown servants may solicit or accept any

any advantage from a relation. The definition of "relation" in the Notice includes :

(a)

spouse (including a concubine);

(b) any person with whom the Crown servant is living in a

regular union as if man and wife;

(c) fiancé, fiancée;

(d)

parent, step-parent, lawful guardian;

(e) spouse's parent, spouse's step-parent, spouse's lawful

guardian;

(f) grandparent, great-grandparent;

(g)

child, ward of court;

(h) spouse's child, spouse's ward of court;

(i) grandchild;

(j)

child's spouse;

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