Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Bill 2023

Type
Government
Portfolio
Attorney-General
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
47

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Summary

Amends the: Criminal Code Act 1995 to: extend the foreign bribery offence to include the bribery of candidates for public office and bribery conducted to obtain a personal advantage; remove the requirement that a benefit or business advantage be ‘not legitimately due’ and replace it with the concept of ‘improperly influencing’ a foreign public official; remove the requirement that the foreign public official be influenced in the exercise of their official duties; clarify that the foreign bribery offence does not require the prosecution to prove that the accused had a specific business, or business or personal advantage, in mind, and that the business, or business or personal advantage, can be obtained for someone else; and create an offence of failure of a body corporate to prevent foreign bribery by an associate; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to preserve the existing rule which prohibits a person from claiming as a deduction for a loss or outgoing a bribe to a foreign public official.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 22 Jun 2023
Second reading moved 22 Jun 2023
Second reading debate 08 Aug 2023
Second reading debate 05 Sep 2023
Second reading agreed to 05 Sep 2023
Third reading agreed to 05 Sep 2023
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 06 Sep 2023
Second reading moved 06 Sep 2023
Second reading debate 06 Feb 2024
Second reading debate 29 Feb 2024
Second reading agreed to 29 Feb 2024
Committee of the Whole debate
  • Amendment details: 2 Opposition agreed to
29 Feb 2024
Third reading agreed to 29 Feb 2024
House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message
  • Details: House agreed to Senate amendments
29 Feb 2024
Finally passed both Houses 29 Feb 2024
Assent
  • Act no: 5
  • Year: 2024
08 Mar 2024

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Explanatory memoranda

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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Text of bill

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  • Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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