1 THE LAW COMMISSION LEGISLATING THE CRIMINAL CODE: CORRUPTION CONTENTS Paragraph Page PART I: INTRODUCTION 1 The background to this report 1.1 1 The significance of this project to the objective of codification of the law 1.8 3 Previous reform proposals 1.11 4 The Home Office consultation document 1.14 6 International initiatives 1.16 6 Scope of the project 1.21 8 Members of Parliament 1.21 8 Scotland 1.23 8 False documents 1.24 9 The structure of the report 1.26 9 PART II: THE PRESENT LAW AND THE NEED FOR CHANGE 11 The present law 2.2 11 The common law offence of bribery 2.2 11 The statutory offences 2.6 12 The 1889 Act 2.7 13 The 1906 Act 2.11 14 The 1916 Act 2.15 15 Problems with the present law 2.17 16 “Public bodies” 2.17 16 The presumption 2.18 16 Agents 2.20 16 The inapplicability of the presumption 2.22 17 Persons connected with agents 2.23 17 Persons who have been, or are to become, an agent 2.24 18 Purported agents 2.25 18 Applicability of corruption laws to police officers, judges and local councillors 2.26 18 The meaning of “corruptly” 2.29 19 Our provisional conclusion, the response on consultation and our recommendation 2.31 20
LEGISLATING THE CRIMINAL CODE: CORRUPTION
Jul 06, 2023
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