Chapter 241 of Singapore’s Prevention of Corruption Act: An Observation on Elements of Corruption

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to identify, based on Chapter 241 of Singapore’s Prevention of Corruption Act, the definition of corruption and what constitutes corruption. Such identification pertains directly to legal interpretation of what an act constitutes and does not constitute corruption. From the study, two major elements have been identified as constituting an act of corruption: (1) corrupt elements in the transaction; and (2) the accused’s corrupt intention, which contradicts or violates the anti-corruption law. In other words, to consider that an element constitutes an act of corruption, it is necessary that it be proved to be linked to a corrupt intention.