Offences & Punishments Under The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

 Offences & Punishments Under The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

Sections	Offence Description	Punishment
7	Public Servant Being Bribed :      (1)     Seeking undue advantage improperly      (2)      Receiving undue advantage for dishonest job performance      (3)     Performing job improperly due to received undue advantage	Imprisonment: 3 to 7 years       & Fine
7(a)	Taking Undue Advantage to Influence Public Servant :                                                    Obtaining undue advantage to influence a public servant improperly Using corrupt or illegal means or personal influence	Imprisonment: 3 to 7 years       & Fine
8	Bribing a Public Servant : Giving undue advantage to induce improper job performance or rewarding dishonest performance  Exceptions:      (1)     Person Forced to give Such undue advantage      (2)     Reporting incident to authorities within 7 days      (3)     Commercial organisation shall be fined.	Imprisonment: Upto 7 years       & Fine
9	Bribing a public servant by a commercial organisation	Fine Only
10	Person in charge of commercial organisation to be guilty of offence u/sec 9 : For Example- Director, manager, secretary or other officer	Imprisonment: 3 to 7 years & Fine
11	Public servant obtaining undue advantage without consideration : Public servant unfairly benefits without good reason or for too little in return	Imprisonment: 6 months to 5 years & Fine
12	Punishment for abetment of offences : Encouraging or assisting another person in committing an offense	Imprisonment: 3 to 7 years  & Fine
13	Criminal misconduct by a public servant :      (1)     Misappropriation or improper conversion of entrusted property      (2)     Improper enrichment while in office	Imprisonment: 4 to 10 years  & Fine
14	Punishment for habitual offender : Subsequentl offence after prior conviction under this Act	Imprisonment: 5 to 10 years & Fine
15	Punishment for Attempt : Attempting to commit offenses described in Section 13(1)(a)	Imprisonment: 2 to 5 years & Fine
16	Matters to be taken into consideration for fixing fine :	Court considers value of property  or unexplained wealth

Written By :  Harshavardhan Prakash Deshmukh,

B.A.LL.B. :  Modern Law College, Pune

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