Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

Section - 7 - Offence relating to public servant being bribed

CHAPTER III

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

[Offence relating to public servant being bribed.

7. Any public servant who,-

(a)-obtains or accepts or attempts to obtain from any person, an undue advantage, with the intention to perform or cause performance of public duty improperly or dishonestly or to forbear or cause forbearance to perform such duty either by himself or by another public servant; or
(b)-obtains or accepts or attempts to obtain, an undue advantage from any person as a reward for the improper or dishonest performance of a public duty or for forbearing to perform such duty either by himself or another public servant; or
(c)-performs or induces another public servant to perform improperly or dishonestly a public duty or to forbear performance of such duty in anticipation of or in consequence of accepting an undue advantage from any person,
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to seven years and shall .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store