| (a) | public officer who, directly or indirectly. accepts or agrees or offers to accept any gratification from any other person, whether for the benefit of himself or herself or for the benefit of another person; or |
| (b) | person who, directly or indirectly, gives or agrees or offers to give any gratification to a public officer, whether for the benefit of that public officer or for the benefit of another person, in order to act, personally or by influencing another person so to act, in a manner— |
| (aa) | illegal, dishonest, unauthorised, incomplete, or biased; or |
| (bb) | misuse or selling of information or material acquired in the course of the exercise, carrying out or performance of any powers, duties or functions arising out of a constitutional, statutory, contractual or any other legal obligation; |
| (aa) | the abuse of a position of authority; |
| (bb) | a breach of trust; or |
| (cc) | the violation of a legal duty or a set of rules; |
| (iii) | designed to achieve an unjustified result; or |
| (iv) | that amounts to any other unauthorised or improper inducement to do or not to do anything, |
is guilty of the offence of corrupt activities relating to public officers.
| (20 | Without derogating from the generality of section 2(4), "to act" in subsection (1), includes— |
| (b) | performing or not adequately performing any official functions; |
| (c) | expediting, delaying, hindering or preventing the performance of an official act; |
| (d) | aiding, assisting or favouring any particular person in the transaction of any business with a public body; |
| (e) | aiding or assisting in procuring or preventing the passing of any vote or the granting of any contract or advantage in favour of any person in relation to the transaction of any business with a public body; |
| (f) | showing any favour or disfavour to any person in performing a function as a public officer; |
| (g) | diverting, for purposes unrelated to those for which they were intended, any property belonging to the state which such officer received by virtue of his or her position for purposes of administration, custody or for any other reason, to another person; or |
| (h) | exerting any improper influence over the decision making of any person performing functions in a public body. |
