Section 11Part 3 — Offences
Frauds on the Government
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A person commits an offence where —
directly or indirectly —
the person gives, offers or agrees to give or offer to —
a public officer;
a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament;
a member of the family of a public officer;
a member of the family of a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament; or
any person for the benefit of a public officer, a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament or another person; or
being a public officer or a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament, that person demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept from any other person for themselves or another person, a loan, reward, advantage or other benefit as consideration for cooperation, assistance, exercise of influence or an act or omission in connection with —
the transaction of business with or any matter or business relating to the Government; or
a claim against the Government or any benefit that the Government is authorised or is entitled to bestow,
whether or not, in fact, the public officer or member of the Cayman Islands Parliament is able to cooperate, render assistance, exercise influence or do or omit to do what is proposed, as the case may be;
having dealings of any kind with the Government, that person pays a commission or reward to or confers an advantage or benefit of any kind on a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament or a public officer of a government entity with which that person deals, or to any member of the family of a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament or a public officer, or to any one for the benefit of the member of the Cayman Islands Parliament or the public officer, with respect to those dealings, unless that person has the consent in writing of the chief officer of the government entity with which that person deals, the proof of which lies on that person;
being a public officer or a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament, that person demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept from a person who has dealings with the Government a loan, reward, advantage or other benefit directly or indirectly, by themselves or through a member of their family or through any one for that person's benefit, unless that person has the consent in writing of the chief officer of the government entity that employs that person or of which that person is an official, the proof of which lies on that person;
having or pretending to have influence with the Government, with a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament or a public officer, that person demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept for themselves or another person a loan, reward, advantage or other benefit as consideration for cooperation, assistance, exercise of influence or an act or omission in connection with —
anything mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii)(A) or (B); or
the appointment of any person, including themselves, to an office;
the person gives, offers or agrees to give or offer to a member of the Cayman Islands Parliament or a public officer a loan, reward, advantage or other benefit of any kind as consideration for cooperation, assistance, exercise of influence or an act or omission in connection with —
anything mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii)(A)or (B); or
the appointment of any person, including themselves, to an office; or
having made a tender to obtain a contract with the Government —
the person gives, offers or agrees to give or offer to another person who has made a tender or to a member of that person's family, or to another person for the benefit of that person, a reward, advantage or other benefit as consideration for the withdrawal of the tender of that person; or
the person demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept from another person who has made a tender a loan, reward, advantage or other benefit as consideration for the withdrawal of that person's tender.
A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of ten years.