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Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 Page 472 of 486 Corruption Prevention Act Section 14 of the Corruption Prevention Act defines the general nature of corrupt conduct. It states as follows: “ Acts of corruption. 14. (1) A public servant commits an act of corruption if he- (a) solicits or accepts, whether directly or indirectly, any article or money or other benefit, being a gift, favour, promise or advantage for himself or another person for doing any act or omitting to do any act in the performance of his public functions; (b) in the performance of his public functions does any act or omits to do any act for the purpose of obtaining any illicit benefit for himself or any other person; (c) fraudulently uses or conceals any property derived from any such act or omission to act. (2) A person commits an act of corruption if he offers or grants, directly or indirectly, to a public servant any article, money or other benefit being a gift, favour, promise or advantage to the public servant or another person, for doing any act or omitting to do any act in the performance of the public servant's public function. (3) A person commits an act of corruption if he instigates, aids, abets or is an accessory after the fact or participates in whatsoever manner in the commission or attempted commission of or conspires to commit any act of corruption referred to in subsection (1) or (2). (4) Any citizen or resident of Jamaica or any corporation, either aggregate or sole, any club, society or other body of one or more persons, who offers or grants, directly or indirectly, to a person performing a public function in a foreign state, any article or money or other benefit, being a gift, favour, promise or advantage in connection with any economic or commercial transaction for any act to be performed by or for the omitting to do any act by that person in the performance of that his public functions, commits a act of corruption.