单词 | bribery |
释义 | bribery Under the Act a commercial organization commits an offence where it fails to prevent bribery on its behalf by any “associated person” (s 7–9). The offence is one of vicarious liability; even where there is no deliberate wrongdoing or direct knowledge on the part of the organization, it will be guilty of this offence where such bribery occurs and it can not show that it has “adequate procedures” to prevent its occurrence. Before the passage of the 2010 Act, the term “bribery” referred specifically to the common-law offence of making improper payments to judges, magistrates, or other judicial officers. Offences relating more generally to the improper influencing of public servants and other persons in a position of trust were referred to as corruption and given statutory definition by the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889, the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, and the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906. These Acts were all repealed by the 2010 Act. |
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