STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT
Section 106: Persons to be deemed guilty of bribery.
The following persons shall be deemed guilty of bribery-(a) any person who, directly or indirectly by himself or by any other person on his behalf, gives, lends or agrees to give or lend or offers, promises or promises to procure or to endeavour to procure, any money or valuable consideration to or for any voter or to or for any person on behalf of any voter or to or for any other person, in order to induce any voter to vote or to refrain from voting or corruptly does any such act aforesaid on account of such voter having voted or refrained from voting or corruptly does any such act as aforesaid on account of such voter having voted or refrained from voting, at any election;
(b) any person who directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, corruptly gives or procures or promises to procure or to endeavour to procure any office, place, employment to or for a vote or to or for any person, in order to induce such voter to vote or refrain from voting or corruptly does any such act as aforesaid on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting, at any election ;
(c) any person who directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, makes any gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement or agreement to or for any person or community or order to induce such person or community to procure or to endeavour to procure, the return of any person to office as Governor or as a member of a House of Assembly of a State or the vote of any voter, at any election;
(d) any person who, upon or in consequence of any such gift, loan, offer promise, procurement or agreement, procures, or engages or promises or endeavours to procure the return of any person to office as Governor or as a member of a House of Assembly of a State or the vote of any voter at any election ;
(e) any person who advances or pays or causes to be paid any money to or for the use of any person, with the intent that such money or any part thereof, shall be expended in bribery at any election or who knowingly pays, or causes to be paid any money to any person, in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or in part expended in bribery at any election ;
(f) any voter who, before or during any election, directly or indirectly by himself or by any other person on his behalf, receives, agrees or contracts for any money, gift, loan or valuable consideration, office, place or employment, for himself or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote or for refraining from voting at any election ;
(g) any person who, after any election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on is behalf, receives any money or valuable consideration on account of any person having voted or refrained from voting or having induced any other person to vote or refrain from voting at any election :
Provided that the foregoing provisions shall not extend or be construed to extend to any money paid or agreed to be paid for or on account of any legal expenses bonafide incurred at or concerning any election.
Cite this section
Section 106, STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT (1991).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/state-government-basic-constitutional-and-transition-provisions-act/section/106/