{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:141","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Aggravated Corruption by or With an Agent","number":"141","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/141/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 4. — Private Corruption and Bribery"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"A person who commits an offence under Article 139 in circumstances where:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/141/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":125,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/125/?article=141¶graph=p1#article-141-p1"}]},{"id":"p1a","number":"a","parentId":"p1","text":"the corruption results in the commission of a criminal act, or has as its intended 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5,000,000 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;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/141/#p1iii","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":126,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/126/?article=141¶graph=p1iii#article-141-p1iii"}]},{"id":"p1iv","number":"iv","parentId":"p1","text":"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 4 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 13 years and not more than 16 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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 8 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/141/#p2i","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":127,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/127/?article=141¶graph=p2i#article-141-p2i"}]},{"id":"p2ii","number":"ii","parentId":"p2","text":"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 7 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than 7 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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.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/141/#p2iv","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":127,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/127/?article=141¶graph=p2iv#article-141-p2iv"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}