Section 14Part 3 — Offences
Selling or purchasing office
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A person who —
purports to sell or agrees to sell an appointment to or a resignation from a public office, or a consent to any such appointment or resignation, or receives or agrees to receive a reward or profit from the purported sale thereof; or
purports to purchase or gives a loan, reward, advantage or other benefit for the purported purchase of any such appointment, resignation or consent, or agrees or promises to do so,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of five years.