Section 21Part 3 — Offences
Secret commissions
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A person commits an offence who —
gives, offers or agrees to give or offer to an agent any loan, reward, advantage or other benefit as consideration for doing or forbearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act relating to the affairs or business of that person's principal or for showing or forbearing to show favour or disfavour to any person with relation to the affairs or business of that person's principal; or
being an agent, demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept from any person any loan, reward, advantage or other benefit as consideration for doing or forbearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act relating to the affairs or business of that person's principal or for showing or forbearing to show favour or disfavour to any person with relation to the affairs or business of that person's principal; or
with intent to deceive a principal, gives to an agent of that principal, or, being an agent, uses with intent to deceive that person's principal, a receipt, an account or other writing —
in which the principal has an interest;
that contains any statement that is false or erroneous or defective in any material particular; and
that is intended to mislead the principal.
A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of five years.