Article 211Indirect bribery

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

ELI5— what this means for you

Indirect bribery: a public officer who accepts gifts offered to them by reason of their office — even without any agreement about what the gift is for. The mere acceptance of the gift is the crime.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Indirect bribery.

-The penalties of arresto mayor, suspension in its minimum and medium periods and public censure shall be imposed upon any public officer who shall accept gifts offered to him by reason of his office.

Source: lawphil.net (Act No. 3815 as amended)

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