Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance

(1)
Any person who, by himself, or by or in conjunction with any other person, corruptly solicits or receives, or agrees to receive for himself, or for any other person, any gift, loan, fee, reward or advantage whatsoever as an inducement to, or reward for, or otherwise on account of a boiler inspector, an air receiver inspector or a pressurized fuel container inspector, other than such an inspector who is an officer or servant of a public body within the meaning of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (
Cap. 201
), giving a certificate of fitness or forbearing to make any report or notification required to be made by this Ordinance or doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of the giving of any such certificate or the making of any such report or notification, shall be guilty of an offence.
(Amended
87 of 1988 s. 31
)
(2)
Any person who, by himself, or by or in conjunction with any other person, corruptly gives, promises or offers any gift, loan, fee, reward or advantage whatsoever to any person, whether for the benefit of that person or another person, as an inducement to, or reward for, or otherwise on account of a boiler inspector, an air receiver inspector or a pressurized fuel container inspector, other than such an inspector who is an officer or servant of a public body within the meaning of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (
Cap. 201
), giving a certificate of fitness or forbearing to make any report or notification required to be made by this Ordinance or doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of the giving of any such certificate or the making of any such report or notification, shall be guilty of an offence.
(Amended
87 of 1988 s. 31
)
(3)
Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be
liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to a fine
                    at
                    level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years; and
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine
                    at
                    level 5 and to imprisonment for 5 years.
(Amended
18 of 1982 s. 12
;
E.R. 6 of
                        2022
)
(4)
A prosecution for an offence under this section shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Secretary for Justice.
(Amended
L.N. 362 of 1997
)