Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9

PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988

Section 10 - Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9

10. Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9.- Whoever, being a public servant, in respect of whom either of the offences defined in section 8 or section 9 is committed, abets the offence, whether or not that offence is committed in consequence of that abetment, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.