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;