Section 131 - “Offering or Giving Bribery or Gratification to Public Servant”: Whoever offers or gives or agrees to give any bribery or gratification whatever whether pecuniary or otherwise in the circumstances and for any of the purposes mentioned in section 128 or 129, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or with fine or with both. Section 131(A) – “Receiving or Giving Bribery or Gratification by Agent or Employee to show Favour or Disfavour”: Whoever being an employee or agent of another accepts or agrees to accept from any person for himself or for any other person any bribery or gratification whatever as a motive or reward for doing or forbearing to do any act in connection with the affairs of his employee or principal or who shows favour or disfavour to any person having any concern in the affairs or business of his employer or principal, and whoever gives or agrees to give to the employee or the agent any reward or remuneration as a motive for doing, or forbearing to do any of the aforesaid commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or with fine or with both. Section 132 - “Public Servant Obtaining Valuable thing without Consideration from Person Concerned in Proceeding or Business Transacted by such Public Servant”: Whoever being a public servant accepts or obtains or agrees or attempts to obtain for himself or for any other person any valuable thing without consideration or for a consideration which he knows to be inadequate:(a) from any person, whom he knows to have been or to be likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by such public servant or having any connection with the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is subordinate, or (b) from any person, whom he knows to be interested in or related to the person so concerned, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with fine or with both. Illustrations:- (a) (“A”) a Land Registrar hires a house of (“Z”), who has a boundary case pending before him. It is agreed that (“A”) shall pay LS20 a month the house being such that, if the bargain were made in good faith, (“A”) would be required to pay LS50 a month. (“A”) has obtained a valuable thing from (“Z”) without adequate consideration. (b) (“Z’s”) brother is arrested and taken before (“A”) a Magistrate on a charge of perjury. (“A”) sells to (“Z”) shares in a company at a premium, when they are selling in the market at discount. (“Z”) pays (“A”) for the shares accordingly. The money so obtained by (“A”) is a valuable thing obtained by him without adequate consideration. 37