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(1) "Public servant" means any person who temporarily or permanently performs functions being employed by, or appointed, assigned or elected to, a public office or a public enterprise.
(2) "Public office" means any office fully or partially financed by government budget, and which performs the functions of the Federal or Regional Governments.
(3) "Public enterprise" means a Federal or Regional Government enterprise or share company, in which the Government has total or partial share as an owner.
(4) In this Title, unless the context requires otherwise, "advantage" means:
a) any gift, loan, fee, reward or commission consisting of money, or of any valuable security or of other property or interest in property;
b) any office, employment or contract;
c) any payment, remission, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability, whether in whole or in part;
d) any service or favour, including protection from any penalty or disability, incurred or apprehended or from any action of an administrative, civil or criminal nature, whether or not already instituted;
e) the exercise of, or forbearance from the exercise of, any right, duty or obligation;
f) any other advantage or service other than those listed above and not assessable in terms of money; and
g) any offer, undertaking or promise of any advantage within the meaning of any of the preceding paragraphs from
(a) to (f).
(5) "Undue advantage" means an improper benefit or a benefit obtained through improper means.
