(1) Whoever—

(i) gives a gratification to any person with the object of inducing him or any other person to exercise any electoral right or of rewarding any person for having exercised any such right; or

(ii) accepts either for himself or for any other person any gratification as a reward for exercising any such right or for inducing or attempting to induce any other person to exercise any such right, commits the offence of bribery:

Provided that a declaration of public policy or a promise of public action shall not be a offence under this section.

(2) A person who offers, or agrees to give, or offers or attempts to procure, a gratification shall be deemed to give a gratification.

(3) A person who obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain a gratification shall be deemed to accept a gratification, and a person who accepts a gratification as a motive for doing what he does not intend to do, or as a reward for doing what he has not done, shall be deemed to have accepted the gratification as a reward.

[See, section 171B, the Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860)].

A person is guilty of bribery, if he, directly or indirectly, by himself or any other person on his behalf,—

(1) receives or agrees to receive or contracts for any gratification for voting or refraining from voting, or for being or refraining from being a candidate at, or for withdrawing from, an election;

(2) gives, offers or promises any gratification to any person—

(3) (a) for the purpose of inducing—

(i) a person to be, or to refrain from being, a candidate at an election;

(ii) an elector to vote, or refrain from voting, at an election; or

(iii) a candidate to withdraw from an election; or

(b) for the purpose of rewarding—

(i) a person for having been, or for having refrained from being, a candidate at an election;

(ii) an elector for having voted or refrained from voting at an election; or

(iii) a candidate for having withdrawn from an election.

Explanation.— In this article "gratification" includes a gratification in money or estimable in money and all forms of entertainment or employment.