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Summary Offences Act 1953
Part 12Bribery of police
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Part 12—Bribery of police
61—Bribery
(1) A person who gives, or offers or promises to give, a bribe to, or makes any collusive agreement with, a police officer to induce the officer to neglect his or her duty, or to conceal or connive at an act by which a regulation or order relating to the appointment and duties of police officers may be evaded, is guilty of an offence.
bribe includes any form of inducement.