Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

Schedule 2

(Section 31)

ACTS OF CORRUPTION

A person in public life commits an act of corruption if—

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      (a)     he or she solicits or accepts, whether directly or indirectly, any article or money or other benefit, being a gift, favour, promise or advantage for himself or herself or another person for doing any act or omitting to do any act in the performance of his or her official functions or causing any other person to do so or omit to do anything;

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      (b)     he or she in the performance of his or her public functions does any act or omits to do any act for the purpose of obtaining any illicit benefit for himself or herself or any other person;

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      (c)     he or she fraudulently uses or conceals any property or other benefit derived from any such act or omission to act under paragraph (a) or (b);

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      (d)     he or she offers or grants, directly or indirectly, to a public servant any article, money or other benefit being a gift, favour, promise or advantage to the public servant or another person, for doing any act or omitting to do any act in the performance of the public servant's public functions;

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      (e)     he or she allows his or her private interest to conflict with his or her public duties or improperly influence his or her conduct in the performance of his or her public duties;

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      (f)     he or she being a natural person or a corporation, either aggregate or sole, club, society or other body of one or more persons, offers or grants, directly or indirectly to a person performing a public function in a foreign State, any article or money or other benefit, being a gift, favour, promise or advantage in connection with any economic or commercial transaction for an act to be performed or omitted to be performed by that person in the performance of his or her public functions;

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      (g)     he or she improperly uses for his or her own benefit or that of a third party any property (including money) belonging to the Government or any statutory body or any government company or any body providing public utilities to which he or she has access as a result of or in the course of, the performance or his or her functions;

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      (h)     he or she, acting as an intermediary or through a third person seeks to obtain a decision from any Ministry or Department of the Government or any body providing public utilities in order that he or she may improperly obtain for himself or herself or for another person any benefit or gain;

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      (i)     he or she for his or her own benefit or for that of a third person, improperly diverts any property belonging to Government or any other person, which is in his or her custody for the due administration of his or her duties;

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      (j)     he or she acquires, or becomes a partner, associate or shareholder in, or a director of a firm or company which has a contract with the Government or with the public body of which such person is a member or employee unless the person makes a disclosure of such partnership, association, shareholding or other interest to the Commission;

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      (k)     he or she improperly uses official influence in support of any scheme or in furtherance of any contract or proposed contract or other matter in regard to which he or she has an interest;

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      (l)     he or she or any other person, on his or her behalf, acquires property or pecuniary resource disproportionate to his or her legitimate sources of income;

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      (m)     he or she instigates, aids, abets or is an accessory after the fact or participates in whatsoever manner in the commission or attempted commission of or conspires to commit any act of corruption referred to in paragraphs (a) to (k).

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   (2)   Being aware of the commission of any act of corruption referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) fails or neglects without reasonable excuse, to make a complaint to the Commission under section 32.