“any employee or member of a public body, whether temporary or permanent and whether paid or unpaid ...”.
This means that every member of the University, whether he/she is a teacher, an undergraduate, a graduate, or any other kind of member, and every person employed by the University, even if only temporarily, on a part-time basis, or unpaid, is classified as a “public servant” for the purposes of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
Students should make themselves thoroughly acquainted with this Ordinance, and study its implications for them personally. Their attention is particularly drawn to the following sections of the Ordinance:
(a) Section 4: which prohibits both the “offering of an advantage” to, and the “solicitation of an advantage” by, a “public servant”;
(b) Sections 5, 6, and 7: which prohibit the bribing of “public servants” in relation to certain specific dealings with “public bodies”, namely contracts, tenders and auctions;
(c) Section 8: which applies also to “public servants” and prohibits the offering of a bribe by a person having dealings with a “public body”.