The Draft Bribery Bill 2009

Dettagli: Pubblicato Venerdì, 19 Giugno 2009 11:36

The Draft Bribery Bill aims to reform the criminal law to provide a new, modern and comprehensive scheme of bribery offences that will enable courts and prosecutors to respond more effectively to bribery at home or abroad.

The draft bill was published on 25 March 2009. The bill will:

provide a more effective legal framework to combat bribery in the public or private sectors
provide clearer compliance with international obligations
replace the fragmented and complex offences under common law and the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889-1916
simplify legislation covering two general offences: offering, promising or giving of an advantage, and requesting, agreeing to receive or accepting an advantage
create a discrete offence of bribery of a foreign public official
create an offence of negligent failure by commercial organisations to prevent bribery
support high ethical standards in UK businesses
tackle the threat that bribery poses to economic progress and development around the world.

The draft bill builds on the proposals in the Law Commission report 'Reforming Bribery', published on 20 November 2008 (source: UK Ministry of Justice).