20. A person-
| (a) who offers any gratification to any person as an inducement or a reward for-
| | (i) his procuring from the Government the payment of the whole or a part of any claim, or | | |
| | (ii) his procuring or furthering the appointment of the first-mentioned person or of any other person to any office, or | | |
| | (iii) his preventing the appointment of any other person to any office, or | | |
| | (iv) his procuring, or furthering the securing of, any employment for the first-mentioned person or for any other person in any department, office or establishment of the Government, or | | |
| | (v) his preventing the securing of any employment for any other person in any department, office or establishment of the Government, or | | |
| | (vi) his procuring, or furthering the securing of, any grant, lease or other benefit from the Government for the first-mentioned person or for any other person, or | | |
| | (vii) his preventing the securing of any such grant, lease or benefit for any other person, or | | |
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| (b) who solicits or accepts any gratification as an inducement or a reward for his doing any of the acts specified in sub-paragraphs (i), (ii), (III), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (a) of this section, |
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shall be guilty of an offence punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term of not more than seven years and a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts