Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
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Summary
Public servants who are legally barred from buying or bidding for certain property must not purchase or bid in their own name, another's name, jointly, or in shares. If they do, they face simple imprisonment for up to two years, or a fine, or both, and the purchased property will be confiscated.
Example
Priya, a municipal officer, is legally barred from buying land the city is selling. She asks a friend to bid in the friend's name and the friend wins the auction. Priya can be punished with up to two years simple imprisonment, a fine, or both, and the plot will be confiscated.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property, purchases or bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of another, or jointly, or in shares with others, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; and the property, if purchased, shall be confiscated.
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