Hong Kong Ordinances

BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS ORDINANCE - SECT 56

Corruption

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Any person who, by himself, or by or in conjunction with any other person,
corruptly solicits or receives, or agrees to receive for himself, or for any
other person, any gift, loan, fee, reward or advantage whatsoever as an
inducement to, or reward for, or otherwise on account of a boiler inspector,
an air receiver inspector or a pressurized fuel  container inspector, other
than such an inspector who is an officer or servant of a public body within
the meaning of the Prevention of Bribery  Ordinance ( Cap 201), giving a
certificate of fitness or forbearing to make any report or notification
required to be made by this Ordinance or doing or forbearing to do anything in
respect of the giving of any such certificate or the making of any such report
or notification, shall be guilty of an offence. (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 31)

(2) Any person who, by himself, or by or in conjunction with any other person,
corruptly gives, promises or offers any gift, loan, fee, reward or advantage
whatsoever to any person, whether for the benefit of that person or another
person, as an inducement to, or reward for, or otherwise on account of a
boiler inspector, an air receiver inspector or a
pressurized fuel container inspector, other than such an inspector who is an
officer or servant of a public body within the meaning of the
Prevention of Bribery Ordinance ( Cap 201), giving a certificate of fitness or
forbearing to make any report or notification required to be made by this
Ordinance or doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of the giving of
any such certificate or the making of any such report or notification, shall
be guilty of an offence. (Amended 87 of 1988 s.31)

(3) Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or

(2) shall be liable-

   (a)  on summary conviction, to a fine of $30000 and to imprisonment for 2
        years; and

   (b)  on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $50000 and to imprisonment
        for 5 years. (Amended 18 of 1982 s. 12)

(4) A prosecution for an offence under this section shall not be instituted
except by or with the consent of the Secretary for Justice. (Amended L.N. 362
of 1997)