Section 20Part 3 — Offences
Duty of a public officer and member of the Cayman Islands Parliament to whom a bribe is offered etc.
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A public officer or a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament to whom any loan, reward, advantage or other benefit is given, promised, or offered, in contravention of any provision of this Act shall, at the earliest opportunity thereafter, report to the Commission such loan, reward, advantage or other benefit together with the name, if known, of the person who gave, promised or offered such loan, reward, advantage or other benefit to that public officer or that member of the Cayman Islands Parliament.
A person who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of two years or to both.
A person from whom any loan, reward, advantage or other benefit has been solicited or obtained, or an attempt has been made to obtain such loan, reward, advantage or other benefit, in contravention of any provision of this Act shall, at the earliest opportunity thereafter, report such soliciting or obtaining of, or attempt to obtain, the loan, reward, advantage or other benefit together with the full and true description and, if known, the name of the person who solicited, or obtained, or attempted to obtain, the loan, reward, advantage or other benefit from that person to the Commission.
A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of two years or to both.
A public officer or a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament who has reasonable cause to believe that another public officer or a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament has —
solicited;
accepted or obtained; or
agreed to accept or obtain,
any loan, reward, advantage or other benefit in contravention of any provision of this Act, shall, at the earliest opportunity thereafter, report such belief to the Commission and shall provide the name, if known, of the person who gave, promised or offered such loan, reward, advantage or other benefit to the public officer or the member of the Cayman Islands Parliament.
A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (5) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of two years or to both.
A person who commits an act of victimisation against a person who has made a disclosure under subsection (1), (3) or (5) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term of two years.
In this section, "victimisation" means an act —
which causes injury, damage or loss;
of intimidation or harassment;
of discrimination, disadvantage or adverse treatment in relation to a person's employment; or
amounting to threats of reprisals.
Defined Terms
victimisation