The Bribery Act received royal assent on 8 April. The act replaces the patchwork of previous legislation with, broadly, two general offences: the offering, promising, or giving of an advantage (that is, bribing), and the requesting, agreeing to receive or accepting of an advantage (that is, being bribed). The old, complicated law is replaced with a much more straightforward one based on anrnintention to induce improper conduct.
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