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Part VIII. Serious Offences against Public Authority 
 
Section 177 
1.  Any person who:  
1°.  gives a gift or makes a promise to a civil servant or provides or offers him a service with a view 
to inducing him to act or to refrain from certain acts in the performance of his office, in violation 
of his duty; 
2°.  gives a gift or makes a promise to a civil servant or provides or offers him a service as a result 
or as a consequence of certain acts he has undertaken or has refrained from undertaking in the 
performance of his current or former office, in violation of his duty;  
 
shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding four years or a fine of the fifth category. 
2.  Any person who commits an offence as defined in subsection (1)(1°) against a person who has the 
prospect of an appointment as civil servant, shall be liable to the same punishment if the person 
concerned receives the appointment of civil servant.  
3.  If the offender commits any of the serious offences defined in this section in the practice of his 
profession, he may be disqualified from the practice of that profession. 
4.  Disqualification from the rights listed in section 28(1°)(2°) and (4°) may be imposed.