PART II. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 240. BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCE

§240.1. Bribery in Official Matters.
(1) A public servant is guilty of bribery, a felony of the second degree, if the public servant, whether in Marshall Islands or elsewhere, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, directly or indirectly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept from another person any benefit as an inducement to, or a reward for, or on account of that public servant's:
(a) decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion in his/her position as a public servant;
(b) performing or abstaining from performing, or having performed or abstained from performing, any act in his/her capacity as a public servant;
(c) expediting, delaying, hindering or preventing, or having expedited, delayed, hindered or prevented, the performance of an act, whether by that public servant or by any other public servant in his/her or that other public servant's capacity as a public servant;
(d) assisting, favoring, hindering or delaying, or having assisted, favored, hindered or delayed, any person in the transaction of any business with a public body;
(e) using his/her real or supposed influence to obtain or attempt to obtain an undue advantage or benefit for that person or a third person from a public body;
(f) giving assistance or using influence in, or having given assistance or used influence in the promotion, execution, or procuring of any contract with a public body and/or any sub-contract for the performance of any work, the providing of any service, the doing of any thing or the supplying of any article, material or substance; or
(g) giving assistance or using influence in, or having given assistance or used influence in the payment of the price, consideration or other moneys stipulated or otherwise provided for in any such contract or subcontract as described in subsection (f) above;
(h) refraining or having refrained from bidding at any action conduct by or on behalf of any public body;
(2) A person is guilty of bribery, a felony of the second degree, if the person, whether in Marshall Islands or elsewhere, directly or indirectly promises, offers, confers or agrees to confer upon a public servant any benefit as an inducement to, or a reward for, or on account of that public servant's:
(a) decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion in his/her position as a public servant;
(b) performing or abstaining from performing, or having performed or abstained from performing, any act in his capacity as a public servant;
(c) expediting, delaying, hindering or preventing, or having expedited, delayed, hindered or prevented, the performance of an act, whether by that public servant or by any other public servant in his or that other public servant's capacity as a public servant; or
(d) assisting, favoring, hindering or delaying, or having assisted, favored, hindered or delayed, any person in the transaction of any business with a public body.
(e) using his/her real or supposed influence to obtain or attempt to obtain an undue advantage or benefit for that person or a third person from a public body;
(f) giving assistance or using influence in, or having given assistance or used influence in the payment of the price, consideration or other moneys stipulated or otherwise provided for in any such contract or subcontract as described in subsection (f) above;
(h) refraining or having refrained from bidding at any action conducted by or on behalf of any public body;

PART II. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 240. BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCE

§240.2. Influencing Official Matters By Threat.
(1) (b) threatens harm to any public servant with intent to influence the public servant's decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion in a judicial or administrative proceeding; or

PART II. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 241. PERJURY AND OTHER FALSIFICATION IN OFFICIAL MATTERS

§241.1. Perjury.
(1) Offense Defined. A person is guilty of perjury, a felony of the third degree, if in any official proceeding the person makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or swears or affirms the truth of a statement previously made, when the statement is material and the person does not believe it to be true.
(2) Materiality. Falsification is material, regardless of the admissibility of the statement under rules of evidence, if it could have affected the course or outcome of the proceeding. It is no defense that the declarant mistakenly believed the falsification to be immaterial. Whether is falsification is material in a given factual situation is a question of law.
(3) Irregularities No Defense. It is not a defense to prosecution under this Section that the oath or affirmation was administered or taken in an irregular manner or that the declarant was not competent to make the statement. A document purporting to be made upon oath or affirmation at anytime when the actor presents it as being so verified shall be deemed to have been duly sworn or affirmed.
(4) Retraction. No person shall be guilty of an offense under this Section if the person retracted the falsification in the course of the proceeding in which it was made before it became manifest that the falsification was or would be exposed and before the falsification substantially affected the proceeding.
(5) Inconsistent Statements. Where the defendant made inconsistent statements under oath or equivalent affirmation, both having been made within the period of the statute of limitations, the prosecution may proceed by setting forth the inconsistent statements in a single count alleging in the alternative that one or the other was false and not believed by the defendant. In such case it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to prove which statement was false but only that one or the other was false and not believed by the defendant to be true.
(6) Corroboration. No person shall be convicted of an offense under this Section where proof of falsity rests solely upon contradiction by testimony of a single person other than the defendant.

§241.2. False Swearing.
(1) False Swearing in Official Matters. A person who makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or swears or affirms the truth of such a statement previously made, when the person does not believe the statement to be true, is guilty of a misdemeanor if:
(a) the falsification occurs in an official proceeding; or
(b) the falsification is intended to mislead a public servant in performing the public servant's official function.
(2) Other False Swearing. A person who makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or swears or affirms the truth of such a statement previously made, when the person does not believe the statement to be true, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor, if the statement is one which is required by law to be sworn or affirmed before a notary or other person authorized to administer oaths.
(3) Perjury Provisions Applicable. Subsections (3) to (6) of Section 241.1 apply to the present Section.

§241.3. Unsworn Falsification to Authorities.
(1) In General. A person commits a misdemeanor if, with intent to mislead a public servant in performing the public servant's official function, the person:
(a) makes any written false statement which the person does not believe to be true, provided, however, that this Subsection does not apply in the case of a written false statement made to a law enforcement officer by a person then in official custody and suspected of having committed a crime; or
(b) intentionally creates a false impression in a written application for any pecuniary or other benefit, by omitting information necessary to prevent statements therein from being misleading; or
(c) submits or invites reliance on any writing which the person knows to be forged, altered or otherwise lacking in authenticity; or
(d) submits or invites reliance on any sample, specimen, map, boundary-mark, or other object which the person knows to be false.
(2) Statements "Under Penalty." A person commits a petty misdemeanor if the person makes a written false statement which the person does not believe to be true, on or pursuant to a form bearing notice, authorized by law, to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable.
(3) Perjury Provisions Applicable. Subsections (3) to (6) of Section 241.1 apply to the present Section.

PART II. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 241. PERJURY AND OTHER FALSIFICATION IN OFFICIAL MATTERS

§241.6. Tampering with Witnesses and Informants.
(1) Tampering. A person commits a felony of the second degree if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, the person attempts to promise, offer or give an undue benefit, induce, threaten, intimidate, use physical force, or otherwise act or refrain to act so as to cause a witness or informant to:
(a) testify or inform falsely; or
(b) withhold any testimony, information, document or thing; or
(c) elude legal process summoning the witness or informant to testify or supply evidence; or
(d) absent himself or herself from any official proceeding or investigation to which the person has been summoned.
(2) It is no defense that the witness or informant has not been subpoenaed or does not intend to testify.
(3) Witness or Informant Taking Bribe. A person commits a felony of the second degree if the person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit or thing of value in consideration of the person's doing any of the things specified in clauses (a) to (d) of Subsection (1).

§241.7. Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence.
A person is guilty of a felony of the second degree if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, the person:
(1) alters, destroys, conceals or removes any record, document or thing with intent to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or
(2) makes, presents or uses any record, document or thing knowing it to be false and with intent to mislead a public servant who is or may be engaged in such proceeding or investigation.