Section 249B — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

(1) If any agent corruptly receives or solicits (or corruptly agrees to receive or solicit) from another person for the agent or for anyone else any benefit—
(a) as an inducement or reward for or otherwise on account of—
(i) doing or not doing something, or having done or not having done something, or
(ii) showing or not showing, or having shown or not having shown, favour or disfavour to any person,
in relation to the affairs or business of the agent’s principal, or
(b) the receipt or any expectation of which would in any way tend to influence the agent to show, or not to show, favour or disfavour to any person in relation to the affairs or business of the agent’s principal,
the agent is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) If any person corruptly gives or offers to give to any agent, or to any other person with the consent or at the request of any agent, any benefit—
(a) as an inducement or reward for or otherwise on account of the agent’s—
(i) doing or not doing something, or having done or not having done something, or
(ii) showing or not showing, or having shown or not having shown, favour or disfavour to any person,
in relation to the affairs or business of the agent’s principal, or
(b) the receipt or any expectation of which would in any way tend to influence the agent to show, or not to show, favour or disfavour to any person in relation to the affairs or business of the agent’s principal,
the firstmentioned person is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a benefit is received or solicited by anyone with the consent or at the request of an agent, the agent shall be deemed to have received or solicited the benefit.

Related sections

• s 214B — Places of worship
• s 214C — Review of certain provisions
• s 249A — Definitions
• s 249C — Misleading documents or statements used or made by agents
• s 249D — Corrupt inducements for advice
• s 249E — Corrupt benefits for trustees and others

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