90. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- "appointed date" means the 1st day of March, 1954; " bribery" means the offer, solicitation or acceptance of any gratification in contravention of any provision of Part II of this Act, or any other act in contravention of any such provision; " commission of inquiry" means a commission of inquiry appointed under this Act; " gratification " includes-
| (a) money or any gift, loan, fee, reward, commission, valuable security or other property or interest in property of any description, whether movable or immovable, |
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| (b) any office, employment or contract, |
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| (c) any payment, release, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability whatsoever, whether in whole or in part, |
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| (d) any other service, favour or advantage of any description whatsoever, including protection from any penalty or disability incurred or apprehended or from any action or proceedings of a disciplinary or penal nature, whether or not already instituted, and including the exercise or the forbearance from the exercise of any right or any official power or duty, and |
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| (e) any offer, undertaking or promise of any gratification within the meaning of the preceding paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d); |
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"local authority" means any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council, Village Council, Board of Health, or Board of Improvement, and includes-
| (a) a committee of any such Council, and |
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| (b) a committee appointed by an Urban Council under section 29 of the Urban Councils Ordinance, or by a Town Council under section 28 of the Town Councils Ordinance ; |
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" public servant" includes every officer, servant or employee of the Crown, or of any local authority, or of any scheduled institution, every juror, and every arbitrator or other person to whom any cause or matter has been referred for decision or report by any court or by any other competent public authority; " scheduled institution " means any such board, institution, corporation or other body as is for the time being specified in the Schedule to this Act. |
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