Prohibited acts; penalty.
A person commits the offense of bribery if that person: Corruptly offers, gives, or agrees to give anything of value, directly or indirectly, to a public servant; or Corruptly solicits, demands, accepts, or agrees to accept anything of value, directly or indirectly, as a public servant; Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting concurrence in official action in the course of legitimate compromise between public servants. Any person convicted of bribery shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or twice the monetary equivalent of the thing of value, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
Annotations
Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164, § 302, 29 DCR 3976 June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, §§ 111(a)(3), 205(v), 60 DCR 2064 Applicability of D.C. Law 19-317: Section 401 of D.C. Law 19-317 provided that the act shall apply only to offenses committed on or after June 11, 2013. For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see §§ 111(a)(3) and 205(v) of the Criminal Fine Proportionality Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-45, April 1, 2013, 60 DCR 5400, 20 DCSTAT 1300). The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-317, in (c), substituted “not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01” for “not more than $25,000,” and “twice” for “3 times”. 1981 Ed., § 22-712. This section is referenced in § 23-546.
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