An Act to make provision about offences relating to bribery; and for connected purposes
Citation
2010 c. 23
Introduced by
Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Justice (Commons) Lord Bach, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Lords)
Territorial extent
England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent
8 April 2010
Commencement
1 July 2011
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889
Prevention of Corruption Act 1906
Prevention of Corruption Act 1916
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Bribery Act 2010 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
The Bribery Act 2010 (c. 23) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that covers the criminal law relating to bribery. Introduced to Parliament in the Queen's Speech in 2009 after several decades of reports and draft bills, the act received royal assent on 8 April 2010 following cross-party support. Initially scheduled to enter into force in April 2010, this was changed to 1 July 2011. The act repeals all previous statutory and common law provisions in relation to bribery, instead replacing them with the crimes of bribery, being bribed, the bribery of foreign public officials, and the failure of a commercial organisation to prevent bribery on its behalf.
The penalties for committing a crime under the act are a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, along with an unlimited fine, and the potential for the confiscation of property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, as well as the disqualification of directors under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. The Act has a near-universal jurisdiction, allowing for the prosecution of an individual or company with links to the United Kingdom, regardless of where the crime occurred. It has been described as "the toughest anti-corruption legislation in the world".[1]
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the potential risks of corruption, bribery, and money laundering associated with their positions. BriberyAct2010 (UKBA) Financial Crimes Enforcement...
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the "demand" side of bribery. At the same time, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) focuses on the "supply" side of bribery. One expert noted that...
would plead guilty to five counts of bribery and two counts of failure to prevent bribery under the UK BriberyAct2010. The SFO found that over US$25 million...
inquiry in 2014 into GSK's sales practices, using powers granted by the BriberyAct2010. The SFO said it was collaborating with Chinese authorities to investigate...
of the BriberyAct2010) Human trafficking and sexual exploitation (s. 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, ss. 52–54 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and...
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Serious Crime Act 2007 Abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967, section 13(1)(a) Codified by the BriberyAct2010 Codified by the Criminal Law Act 1977 Codified...
by Part II of the Criminal Law Act 1967, except as regards embracery, abolished by section 17 of the BriberyAct2010. Pue, W. W. (1990). "Moral panic...
of embracery (which was later abolished by the BriberyAct2010). It also repealed the Blasphemy Act 1697. This section extended only to Great Britain...
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