Section 120, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(1) A person who– (a) gives, lends, offers, promises, or promises to procure, any money or valuable consideration to or for a voter, or to do for any other person, Personation. Bribery. No. 4 The Public Elections Act 2012 No. 4 The Public Elections Act 201272 73 in order to induce a voter to vote or refrain from voting or corruptly does any such act on account of such voter having voted, or refrained from voting at an election under this Act; (b) gives, procures, agrees to give or procure, offers, promises, or promises to procure or endeavour to procure, any office, place or employment to or for a voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce the voter to vote or refrain from voting or corruptly does any such act on account of a voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election under this Act; (c) makes a gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement or agreement referred to in paragraph (b) to or for any person in order to induce the person to procure or endeavour to procure the return of any person as President or a Member of Parliament or of a local council or the vote of a person at an election under this Act; (d) upon or in consequence of a gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement or agreement referred to in paragraph (b), procures or engages, promises or endeavours to procure, the return of a person as President or a Member of Parliament or of a local council, or the vote of a person at an election under this Act; (e) advances or pays or causes to be paid any money to or for the use of any other person, with the intent that the money or part of it shall be expended in bribery at an election under this Act; or (f) knowingly pays or causes to be paid money to another person in discharge of repayment of money wholly or in part expended in bribery at an election, commits the offence of bribery and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not less than five million leones or to imprisonment for a term not less than two years. (2) A person who– (a) being a voter who before or during an election under this Act receives, agrees or contracts for money, gift, loan, valuable consideration, office, place or employment for himself or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at that election; or (b) after an election under this Act, receives money, gift, loan, valuable consideration, office, place or employment for himself or for that other person, on account of any other person having voted or refrained from voting or having induced any other person to vote or refrain from voting at that election, five million leones or to imprisonment for a term not less than two No. 4 The Public Elections Act 2012 No. 4 The Public Elections Act 201274 75 (3) This section shall not apply or be construed to apply to money paid or agreed to be paid for or on account of any lawful expenses bona fide incurred at or concerning an election, and in particular to the hiring of transport by or on behalf of a candidate’s or political party’s polling agent or the travelling expenses of a candidate or his polling agent.