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Crimes Act 1961

Crimes affecting the administration of law and justice - Bribery and corruption

104: Corruption and bribery of law enforcement officer

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"Bribing or being bribed as a police officer is against the law"

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If you are a law enforcement officer, you can go to prison for up to 7 years if you accept a bribe for doing something or not doing something in your job. You can also go to prison if you try to get a bribe or agree to take one. This applies to you if you take a bribe for yourself or someone else.

If you give a bribe to someone to influence a law enforcement officer, you can also go to prison for up to 7 years. This is because you are trying to get the officer to do something or not do something in their job. You can go to prison even if you just offer a bribe or agree to give one.

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Part 6Crimes affecting the administration of law and justice
Bribery and corruption

104Corruption and bribery of law enforcement officer

  1. Every law enforcement officer is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, any bribe for himself or herself or any other person in respect of any act done or omitted, or to be done or omitted, by him or her in his or her official capacity.

  2. Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who corruptly gives or offers or agrees to give any bribe to any person with intent to influence any law enforcement officer in respect of any act or omission by him or her in his or her official capacity.

Compare
  • 1908 No 32 s 127
Notes
  • Section 104(2): amended, on , by section 6 of the Crimes (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 28).