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When person guilty of bribery (§ 18.2-447)—Virginia Decoded - Virginia Decoded
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3 Bribery Of Public Servants And Party Officials
§ 18.2-447 When person guilty of bribery
§ 18.2-447
When person guilty of bribery
A person shall be guilty of bribery under the provisions of this article:
(1. If he offers, confers or agrees to confer upon another (a) any pecuniary benefit as consideration for or to obtain or influence the recipient’s decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a public servant or party official, or (b) any benefit as consideration for or to obtain or influence either the recipient’s decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or administrative proceeding or the recipient’s violation of a known legal duty as a public servant or party official; or
(2. If he accepts or agrees to accept from another (a) any pecuniary benefit offered, conferred or agreed to be conferred as consideration for or to obtain or influence the recipient’s decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a public servant or party official, or (b) any benefit offered, conferred or agreed to be conferred as consideration for or to obtain or influence either the recipient’s decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or administrative proceeding or the recipient’s violation of a known legal duty as a public servant or party official; or
(3. If he solicits from another (a) any pecuniary benefit or promise of pecuniary benefit as consideration for or in exchange for his decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a public servant or party official, or (b) any benefit or promise of benefit as consideration for or in exchange for his decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or administrative proceeding or his violation of a known legal duty as a public servant or party official.
Code 1950, § 18.1-282.2; 1968, c. 552; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Mendez v. Com. (SCV, 06/08/79)
. . . or defendant) was convicted of bribery, Code § 18.2-447, and perjury Code § 18.2-434. He was . . .
§ 18.2-448 Certain matters not to constitute defenses