Section 9: Offence of giving or accepting gratification through agent.

(1) Any person who corruptly-
(a) gives, confers or procures any property or benefit of any kind to, on or for a public officer or to, on or for any other person; or
(b) promises or offers to give, confer, procure or attempt to procure any Property or benefit of any kind to, on or for a public officer or any other person, on account of any such act, omission, favour or disfavour to be done or shown by the public officer,
is guilty of an offence of official corruption and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for seven (7) years.
(2) If in any proceedings for an offence under this section it is proved that any Property or benefit of any kind, or any promise thereof, was given to a public officer or some other person at the instance of a public officer, by a person-
(a) holding or seeking to obtain a contract, licence, permit, employment or anything whatsoever from a Government department, public body or other organisation or institution in which that public officer is serving as such; or
(b) concerned or likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted, pending or likely to be transacted before or by that public officer or a government department, public body or other organisation or institution in which that public officer is serving as such; or
(c) acting on behalf of or relative to such a person,
the property, benefit or promise shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been given corruptly on account of such a past or future act, omission, favour or disfavour as is mentioned in section 8 (1) and (2).