CHAPTER TWO
Offences
PART IV
OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Extortion by Public Officials or Jurors
Pretending to be public officer or juror
422. Any person who pretends to be or acts as a public officer or juror, when he or she is not lawfully authorised to act as such officer or juror, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for five years, unless he or she shows either —
(a) that he or she pretended to be or acted as such officer or juror under a mistake of law or of fact;
(b) in the case of a person acting as a public officer, that he or she so acted in good faith for the public benefit.
Refusal to serve in public office, if no punishment otherwise
423. Any person who, without lawful excuse, refuses to serve in any public office which he or she is legally bound to serve, and no penalty or punishment is provided for such refusal by this Code or any enactment, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for two years. Selling or trafficking in offices
424.— (1) Any person who is a party to or aids and abets —
(a) the unlawful sale or purchase of any public office;
(b) the making of any unlawful and corrupt bargain or transaction with respect to an appointment to a public office or with respect to the gains of a public office,
is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for five years.
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
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