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Article 3 - Sanctions

from Part II - Commentary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Peter J. Cullen
Affiliation:
European Court of Justice, Luxembourg
Mark Pieth
Affiliation:
Universität Basel, Switzerland
Lucinda A. Low
Affiliation:
Steptoe and Johnson LLP
Nicola Bonucci
Affiliation:
OECD
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Sanctions

The bribery of a foreign public official shall be punishable by effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal penalties. The range of penalties shall be comparable to that applicable to the bribery of the Party's own public officials and shall, in the case of natural persons, include deprivation of liberty sufficient to enable effective mutual legal assistance and extradition.

In the event that, under the legal system of a Party, criminal responsibility is not applicable to legal persons, that Party shall ensure that legal persons shall be subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive non-criminal sanctions, including monetary sanctions, for bribery of foreign public officials.

Each Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to provide that the bribe and the proceeds of the bribery of a foreign public official, or property the value of which corresponds to that of such proceeds, are subject to seizure and confiscation or that monetary sanctions of comparable effect are applicable.

Each Party shall consider the imposition of additional civil or administrative sanctions upon a person subject to sanctions for the bribery of a foreign public official.

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The OECD Convention on Bribery
A Commentary
, pp. 252 - 304
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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