152Offences by members and officers

#### 152 Offences by members and officers 152 Offences by members and officers > > (1) Any prescribed person who, without lawful authority, demands or receives from any person any payment, gratuity or present in consideration of doing or omitting to do some act or thing pertaining to the prescribed person’s office or employment under this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence against this Act and liable to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both. > > > (2) Any person who, without lawful authority, makes or gives to a prescribed person any payment, gratuity or present in consideration that the prescribed person will do or omit to do some act or thing pertaining to the prescribed person’s office or employment under this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence against this Act and liable to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both. > > > (3) In this section, prescribed person means— > > > > > (a) the Secretary or any other person employed in the Department, > > > > > (b) a member of or a member of the staff of an authority, or > > > > > (c) a person of a class or description prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph. > > **ss 152–154:** Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 45, Sch 3.4 \[3\] \[6\] (am 1998 No 120, Sch 2.2); 2015 No 58, Sch 3.76 \[5\].