Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 120
120. (1) In the cases referred to in articles 115, 116, 117 and
118, the person who bribes the public officer or servant or the
member of the House of Representatives, or the person to whom
any of the said articles applies in accordance with any provisi on
under this Code or under any other law, as the case may be, sha ll be
deemed to be an accomplice.
(2) Where the public officer or servant or other person does not
commit the crime, the person who attempts to induce such office r
or servant or other person to commit the crime shall, on convic tion,
be liable to imprisonment for a term from six months to three y ears:
Pr ovided that when the crime is tha t ref err ed to in article
117( c), the punishment shall not exceed eighteen months
imprisonment.
( 3 ) W h e r e t h e m e m b e r o f t h e H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s d o e s
not commit the crime, the person who attempts to induce such
member to commit the crime shal l, on conviction, be liable to
imprisonment for a term from six months to four years.
68 CAP. 9.] CRIMINAL CODE
Embracery and
corruption of
other persons.
Amended by:
VI.1871.7.
Substituted by:
IV .1974.7.
Amended by:
III.2002.28;
XIII.2002.10;
III.2004.75;
VII.2010.7.
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