Article 409 — Acceptance of Undue Advantages.

(1) Any public servant who, for the performance of an act proper to his office, solicits or obtains an advantage or exacts a promise before or after the performance of such an act, is punishable, according to the circumstances of the case, with simple imprisonment for not less than one year, or with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding seven years and fine not exceeding ten thousand Birr. (2) Where the extent of the advantage received or the official capacity or powers of the person corrupted renders the case of particular gravity, the punishment shall be rigorous imprisonment from five years to fifteen years and fine not exceeding thirty thousand Birr. (3) Where the crime is committed in respect of a duty connected with international trade, the punishment prescribed in the sub- articles herein above shall be applicable, according to the circumstances of the case.