Article 132

A person who commits an offence under Article 130 in circumstances where:

the corruption involves or is intended to involve a judgment in any criminal or civil matter in the courts of Eritrea;

the corruption results in the commission of a criminal act, or has as its intended purpose the commission of a criminal act, permitting the imposition of a severer penalty than permitted under Article 130;

the matter or transaction in relation to which the offence was committed was a contract or a proposal for a contract with the Government or any other public body; or

the offence seriously harmed, or posed a threat to seriously harm, the security of the State or the national economy,

an offence under this sub-article for an amount not exceeding 100,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 5 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and not more than 13 years;

an offence under this sub-article for an amount between 100,001 and 1,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 4 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 13 years and not more than 16 years;

an offence under this sub-article for an amount between 1,000,001 and 5,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 3 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 16 years and not more than 19 years;

an offence under this sub-article for an amount exceeding 5,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 2 serious offence, punishable with life imprisonment, or, in cases of exceptional gravity, with death, or with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 19 years and not more than 23 years.

A person who commits an offence in circumstances respectively similar to those enumerated in sub-Article (1) is guilty of aggravated corrupting of a public official, punishable in the following order of graduation:

an offence under this sub-article for an amount not exceeding 100,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 6 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years and not more than 10 years;

an offence under this sub-article for an amount between 100,001 and 1,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 5 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and not more than 13 years;

an offence under this sub-article for an amount between 1,000,001 and 5,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 4 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 13 years and not more than 16 years;

an offence under this sub-article for an amount exceeding 5,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 3 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 16 years and not more than 19 years.