SECTION 134 — Active Corruption

(1) Any national, foreign or international civil servant or public employee who, for himself or for a third party, solicits, accepts or receives any offer, promise, gift or present in order to perform, refrain from performing or postpone any act of his office shall be punished with imprisonment of from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) years or with fine of from CFAF 200 000 (two hundred thousand) to CFAF 2 000 000 (two million). (2) The penalty provided for in Subsection 1 above shall be imprisonment for from one to 5 (five) years and with fine of from CFAF 100 000 (one hundred thousand) to CFAF 1 000 000 (one million) where the act is not part of the duties of the corrupt person but has been facilitated by his position. (3) Any national or international public official who solicits and accepts any retribution in kind or in cash for himself or a third party, in remuneration for an act that has or has not been performed, shall be punished with the penalties provided for under Sub-section 2 above. (4) Penalties provided for under Subsections 1, 2 and 3 shall be doubled where the offender is a Judicial or Legal Officer, a Judicial Police Officer, an employee of the institution in charge of the fight against corruption, the head of an administrative unit or any other sworn public servant or employee.