PUBLIC BODIES CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT 1889 - SECT 2 Penalty for offences.

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PUBLIC BODIES CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT 1889 - SECT 2

Penalty for offences.

2. Any person on conviction for offending as aforesaid shall, at the
discretion of the court before which he is convicted,

(a)be liable to be imprisoned for any period not exceeding two years,... or to
pay a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or to both such imprisonment and
such fine; and

(b)in addition be liable to be ordered to pay to such body, and in such manner
as the court directs, the amount or value of any gift, loan, fee, or reward
received by him or any part thereof; and

(c)be liable to be adjudged incapable of being elected or appointed to any
public office for [five years] from the date of his conviction, and to forfeit
any such office held by him at the time of his conviction; and

(d)in the event of a second conviction for a like offence he shall, in
addition to the foregoing penalties, be liable to be adjudged to be for ever
incapable of holding any public office, and to be incapable for [five years]
of being registered as an elector, or voting at an election either of members
to serve in Parliament or of members of any public body, and the enactments
for preventing the voting and registration of persons declared by reason of
corrupt practices to be incapable of voting shall apply to a person adjudged
in pursuance of this section to be incapable of voting; and

(e)if such person is an officer or servant in the employ of any public body
upon such conviction he shall, at the discretion of the court, be liable to
forfeit his right and claim to any compensation or pension to which he would
otherwise have been entitled.

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PUBLIC BODIES CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT 1889 - SECT 2