Chapter IXA · Of Offences Relating to Elections
Bribery
Section 171-B · Pakistan Penal Code
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Whoever
gives a gratification to any person with the object of inducing him or any other person to exercise any electoral right or of rewarding any person for having exercised any such right ; or
accepts either for himself or for any other person any gratification as a reward for exercising any such right or for inducing or attempting to induce any other person, to exercise any such right, commits the offence of bribery :
Provided that a declaration of public policy or a promise of public action shall not be an offence under this section.
A person who offers, or agrees to give, or offers or attempts to procure, a gratification shall be deemed to give a gratification.
A person who obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain a gratification shall be deemed to accept a gratification, and a person who accepts a gratification as a motive for doing what he does not intend to do, or as a reward for doing what he has not done, Shall be deemed to have accepted the gratification as a reward.