Bribing members of public bodies

A person who, (a) offers any advantage to any member of a public body as an inducement or reward for (i) the member’s voting or abstaining from voting at any meeting of the public body in favour of or against any measure, resolution or question submitted to that public body; (ii) the member’s performing, or abstaining from performing, or his aid in procuring, expediting, delaying, hindering or preventing the performance of, any official act; (iii) the member’s aid in procuring or preventing the passing of any vote or Prevention of Corruption 31 the granting of any contract or advantage in favour of any person; or (b) who, being a member of a public body, solicits or accepts any advantage as an inducement or a reward for any such, or any such abstaining, as is referred to in paragraph (a) (i), (ii) and (iii), commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine not less than twenty-five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both fine and imprisonment.