{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:132","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Aggravated Corruption","number":"132","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/132/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 3. — Public Corruption and Bribery"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"A person who commits an offence under Article 130 in circumstances where:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/132/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":116,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/116/?article=132¶graph=p1#article-132-p1"}]},{"id":"p1a","number":"a","parentId":"p1","text":"the corruption involves or is intended to involve a judgment in any criminal or civil matter in the 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Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}