§ (1) This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1916, and the 1566 Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906, and this Act may be cited together as the Prevention of Corruption Acts, 1906 to 1916.
§ (2) In this Act and in the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, the expression "public body" includes, in addition to the bodies mentioned in the last-mentioned Act, local and public authorities of all descriptions.
§ (3) A person serving under any such public body is an agent within the meaning of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906, and the expressions "agent" and "consideration" in this Act have the same meaning as in the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906, as amended by this Act.
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Lords Amendment: Leave out Sub-sections (2) and (3) and insert:
(2) In this Act and in the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, the expression 'public body' includes, in addition to the bodies mentioned in the last-mentioned Act, any local and public authorities of all descriptions.
(3) A person serving under any such public body is an agent within the meaning of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906, and the expressions 'agent' and 'consideration' in this Act have the same meaning as in the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906, as amended by this Act.
§ Question, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment," put, and agreed to.—[Sir G. Cave.]