Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Commentary
- Article 1 The Offence of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials
- Article 2 The Responsibility of Legal Persons
- Article 3 Sanctions
- Article 3(3) Seizure and Confiscation
- Article 4 Jurisdiction
- Article 5 Enforcement
- Article 6 Statute of Limitations
- Article 7 Money Laundering
- Article 8 Accounting
- Articles 9–11 International Co-operation
- Article 12 Monitoring and Follow-up
- Articles 13–17 Final Provisions
- Part III The Convention in Practice
- Annex OECD Documents
- Consolidated Bibliography
- Index
- References
Article 1 - The Offence of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials
from Part II - Commentary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Commentary
- Article 1 The Offence of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials
- Article 2 The Responsibility of Legal Persons
- Article 3 Sanctions
- Article 3(3) Seizure and Confiscation
- Article 4 Jurisdiction
- Article 5 Enforcement
- Article 6 Statute of Limitations
- Article 7 Money Laundering
- Article 8 Accounting
- Articles 9–11 International Co-operation
- Article 12 Monitoring and Follow-up
- Articles 13–17 Final Provisions
- Part III The Convention in Practice
- Annex OECD Documents
- Consolidated Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
The Offence of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials
Each Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to establish that it is a criminal offence under its law for any person intentionally to offer, promise or give any undue pecuniary or other advantage, whether directly or through intermediaries, to a foreign public official, for that official or for a third party, in order that the official act or refrain from acting in relation to the performance of official duties, in order to obtain or retain business or other improper advantage in the conduct of international business.
Each Party shall take any measures necessary to establish that complicity in, including incitement, aiding and abetting, or authorisation of an act of bribery of a foreign public official shall be a criminal offence. Attempt and conspiracy to bribe a foreign public official shall be criminal offences to the same extent as attempt and conspiracy to bribe a public official of that Party.
The offences set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 above are hereinafter referred to as ‘bribery of a foreign public official’.
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- The OECD Convention on BriberyA Commentary, pp. 59 - 211Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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