Section 12: Bribery for procuring contracts

12. Bribery for procuring contracts (1) Any person who gives or agrees to give or offers a gratification to a public official in consideration of that public official giving assistance or using influence in— (a) promoting, executing, or procuring a contract with a public body for the performance of a work, the supply of a service, or the procurement of supplies; (b) the payment of the price provided for in a contract with a public body; (c) obtaining for that person or for any other person, an advantage under a contract for work or procurement, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (2) Any public official who solicits, accepts or obtains from any other person, for himself or for any other person, a gratification for giving assistance or using influence in— (a) promoting, executing, or procuring a contract with a public body for the performance of a work, the supply of a service, or the procurement of supplies; [Issue 1] P24 – 10 Revised Laws of Mauritius (b) the payment of the price provided for in a contract with a public body; (c) obtaining for that person or for any other person, an advantage under a contract for work or procurement, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years.