PCA Section 10: Person in charge of commercial organisation to be guilty of offence
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 · Chapter 3: Offences and penalties
10. Person in charge of commercial organisation to be guilty of offence.—Where an offence under section 9 is committed by a commercial organisation, and such offence is proved in the court to have been committed with the consent or connivance of any director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be of the commercial organisation, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, ‘‘director’’, in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.]
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Other sections in this chapter
- 7. Offence relating to public servant being bribed
- 7A. Taking undue advantage to influence public servant by corrupt or illegal means or by exercise of personal influence
- 8. Offence relating to bribing of a public servant
- 9. Offence relating to bribing a public servant by a commercial organisation
- 11. Public servant obtaining undue advantage, without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or business transacted by such public servant
- 12. Punishment for abetment of offences
- 13. Criminal misconduct by a public servant
- 14. Punishment for habitual offender
- 15. Punishment for attempt
- 16. Matters to be taken into consideration for fixing fine