Section 11: Public official taking gratification

11. Public official taking gratification Any public official who accepts or receives a gratification, for himself or for any other person— (a) for doing or having done an act which he alleges, or induces any person to believe, he is empowered to do in the exercise of his functions or duties, although as a fact such act does not form part of his functions or duties; or (b) for abstaining from doing or having abstained from doing an act which he alleges, or induces any person to believe, he is empowered not to do or bound to do in the ordinary course of his function or duty, although as a fact such act does not form part of his functions or duties, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years.