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Crimes Act 1961

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

105F: Trading in influence

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“It's against the law to take or try to get money or gifts to make someone important do something wrong.”

If you accept, get, agree to accept, or try to get a bribe for yourself or someone else, you can go to prison for up to 7 years. This applies if you do it to try to influence an official to do or not do something in their job. It doesn’t matter if the official actually has the power to do that thing or not. This is called “trading in influence” and it’s against the law.

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

105FTrading in influence

  1. Every person 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, a bribe for that person or another person with intent to influence an official in respect of any act or omission by that official in the official's official capacity (whether or not the act or omission is within the scope of the official's authority).

Notes
  • Section 105F: inserted, on , by section 8 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 95).