New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249E

249E Corrupt benefits for trustees and others

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if--

(a) the person corruptly offers or gives a benefit to a person entrusted with property as an inducement or reward for the appointment of a person to be a person entrusted with the property, or

(b) the person is entrusted with property and corruptly receives or solicits a benefit for any person as an inducement or reward for the appointment of a person to be a person entrusted with the property.

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 7 years.

(2) In this section, a
"person entrusted with property" means the following--

(a) a trustee of the property,

(b) an executor or administrator appointed for the purpose of dealing with the property,

(c) a person who, because of a power of attorney or a power of appointment, has authority over the property,

(d) a person managing or administering the property, or appointed or employed to manage or administer the property, under the NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 .

(3) A reference to the appointment of a person includes--

(a) joining in the appointment of the person, and

(b) assisting in the appointment of the person.