Bribery and corruption
June 24, 2008The Government plan to introduce a bribery bill in the 2008/9 parliamentary session, according to this year’s Draft Legislative Plan. There was a Corruption Bill in the 2005/6 session, that did not survive the end of the session. It is too early to say whether the new bill will be more or less a repeat of the abandoned one, but the Plan says it will reform the criminal law of bribery. It will “provide for a new, modern and consolidated scheme of bribery offences to cover bribery both in this country and by foreign public officials abroad, and equip prosecutors and courts with the tools they need to tackle bribery of all kinds.” The next Parliamentary session is scheduled to open on 3 December 2008.

