Section 126 - “Assaulting or Obstruction Public Servant when Suppressing Riot
etc”:
Whoever assaults or threatens to assault or obstructs or attempts to
obstruct any public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public
servant in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly or to suppress a
riot or affray, or uses or threatens or attempts to use criminal force to such
public servant, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished
with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with fine or
with both.
Section 127 - “Disturbance of Public Peace”: Whoever in a public place disturbs the
public peace commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished
with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or fine of
Ls10,000 or with both.
Section 127(A) - “Inciting Disturbance”: Whoever does any act with intent to cause or
which is likely to cause a breach of the peace or disturb the public
tranquility commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or with fine or with both.
CHAPTER 13.
OFFENCES BY OR RELATING TO
PUBLIC SERVANTS
Section 128 - “Public Servants taking Gratification in Respect of Official Act”:
Whoever being or expecting to be a public servant, accepts or obtains or
agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person for himself or for
any other person, any gratification whatever, whether pecuniary or
otherwise, other than legal remuneration, as a motive or reward:(a) For doing or forbearing to do any official act; or
(b) For showing or forbearing to show in the exercise of his official
functions favour or disfavour to any person; or
(c) For rendering or attempting to render any service or disservice to
any person with any department of New Sudan Authority or with
any public servant as such, commits an offence and shall on
conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding five years or with fine or with both.
Explanation:- If a person not expecting to be in office obtains gratification by
deceiving others into a belief that he is about to be in office and that he
will serve them, commits an offence, but may be guilty of cheating, not of
an offence under this section.
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