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The offense of criminal misconduct specified in section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, is being substituted by a new section restricting the criminal misconduct to dishonest or fraudulent misappropriation of any property entrusted to the public servant or if the public servant intentionally enriches himself illicitly during the period ...
The Prevention of Corruption Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 64) The Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 1916 is the collective title of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889, the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 and the Prevention of Corruption Act 1916. [1] These Acts were repealed by Schedule 2 of the Bribery Act 2010. [2]
The Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (6 Edw.7 c.34) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it was then). It was the second of three pieces of legislation regarding corruption which after 1916 were collectively referred to as the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 1916.
The concept is extensively used to initiate corruption investigations against public servants and elected politicians in India, [2] [3] and has been codified in several pieces of national- and state-level legislation, including the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The Corrupt Practices Prevention Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 102) [1] introduced the category of 'corrupt practices' to the English legal system, although statutes for the prevention of specific offences had been passed in 1416, 1695, [nb 1] 1729, [2] 1809, 1827, 1829, and 1842.
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It was set up by the Government of India Resolution on 11 February 1964, [2] on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by K. Santhanam, to advise and guide Central Government agencies in the field of vigilance. [3] Nittoor Srinivasa Rau was selected as the first Chief Vigilance Commissioner of India.
An Act for the more effectual Prevention and Punishment of Bribery and Corruption of and by Members, Officers, or Servants of Corporations, Councils, Boards, Commissions, or other Public Bodies. Citation: 52 & 53 Vict. c. 69: Territorial extent England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland: Dates; Royal assent: 30 August ...