Prevention of Corruption Act 1960 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
32. Offences to be arrestable
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A public officer to whom any gratification is corruptly given or offered shall arrest the person who gives or offers the gratification to him and make over the person so arrested to the nearest police station and if he fails to do so without reasonable excuse he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
gratification
“gratification” includes —(a)money or any gift, loan, fee, reward, commission, valuable security or other property or interest in property of any description, whether movable or immovable;(b)any office, employment or contract;(c)any payment, release, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability whatsoever, whether in whole or in part;(d)any other service, favour or advantage of any description whatsoever, including protection from any penalty or disability incurred or apprehended or from any action or proceedings of a disciplinary or penal nature, whether or not already instituted, and including the exercise or the forbearance from the exercise of any right or any official power or duty; and(e)any offer, undertaking or promise of any gratification within the meaning of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d);