Mississippi § 97-9-10 - Bribery; commercial bribery.

§ 97-9-10. Bribery; commercial bribery.

Commercial bribery is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value to any private agent, employee or fiduciary, without the knowledge and consent of the principal or employer, with the intent to influence such agent’s, employee’s or fiduciary’s action in relation to the principal’s or employer’s affairs. The agent’s, employee’s or fiduciary’s acceptance of or offer to accept, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value under the circumstances set forth in subsection (1) of this section shall also constitute commercial bribery. The offender under this section who states the facts, under oath, to the district attorney charged with prosecution of the offense, who gives evidence tending to convict any other offender under this section and who testifies in support of the evidence he gives when requested by the district attorney, may, in the discretion of the district attorney, be granted full immunity from prosecution for commercial bribery, in respect to the particular offense reported. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine or imprisonment.