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Criminal Code Act 1983
236HBribery – offence by agent
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236H Bribery – offence by agent
(a) the person is an agent (the agent); and
(b) the agent:
(i) requests a benefit from a person for the agent or another
(ii) obtains a benefit from a person for the agent or another
(iii) agrees to obtain a benefit from a person for the agent or
(c) the agent engages in the conduct mentioned in paragraph (b)
(i) that the agent will:
(A) be influenced or affected in the exercise of the
agent's function as agent; or
(B) do or not do something as agent, or because of the
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(C) cause or influence the agent's principal, or another
agent of the principal, to do or not do something; or
(ii) of inducing, fostering or sustaining a belief that the agent
will:
(A) be influenced or affected in the exercise of the
agent's function as agent; or
(B) do or not do something as agent, or because of the
(C) cause or influence the agent's principal, or another
agent of the principal, to do or not do something;
and
(d) the conduct mentioned in paragraph (b) is dishonest.
(3) Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(a).