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PREVENTION OF BRIBERY (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE ::(a) the promotion, execution or procuring of—
 * (i) any contract with a public body for the performance of any work, the providing of any service, the doing of any thing or the supplying of any article, material or substance; or
 * (ii) any subcontract to perform any work, provide any service, do any thing or supply any article, material or substance required to be performed, provided, done or supplied under any contract with a public body; or
 * (b) the payment of the price, consideration or other moneys stipulated or otherwise provided for in any such contract or subcontract as is referred to in paragraph (a),
 * shall be guilty of an offence.
 * (4) If the Chief Executive, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, solicits or accepts any advantage as an inducement to or reward for or otherwise on account of his giving assistance or using influence in, or having given assistance or used influence in—
 * (a) the promotion, execution or procuring of; or
 * (b) the payment of the price, consideration or other moneys stipulated or otherwise provided for in,
 * any such contract or subcontract as is referred to in subsection (3)(a), he shall be guilty of an offence.”.

4. Possession of unexplained property

(1) Section 10(1) is amended by adding “the Chief Executive or” after “having been”.

(2) Section 10 is amended by adding—
 * “(1A) If the accused in any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) is or has been the Chief Executive, the court, in determining whether the accused has given a satisfactory explanation as provided in that subsection, shall take into account assets that he declared to the Chief Justice pursuant to Paragraph 2, Article 47 of the Basic Law.
 * (1B) The Chief Justice shall disclose to a court information about assets declared to him pursuant to Paragraph 2, Article 47 of the Basic Law if the disclosure is required by an order made by the court for the purposes of subsection (1A).”.

5. Sections added

The following are added immediately after section 31—