Attorney General of Ceylon v De Livera [1963] AC 103

Page 1 Attorney General of Ceylon v De Livera and Another PRIVY COUNCIL VISCOUNT RADCLIFFE, LORD EVERSHED, LORD JENKINS, LORD DEVLIN AND MR LMD DE SILVA 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 JULY, 5 NOVEMBER 1962 Privy Council - Ceylon - Parliament - Member of House of... More

Page 1 Attorney General of Ceylon v De Livera and Another PRIVY COUNCIL VISCOUNT RADCLIFFE, LORD EVERSHED, LORD JENKINS, LORD DEVLIN AND MR LMD DE SILVA 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 JULY, 5 NOVEMBER 1962 Privy Council - Ceylon - Parliament - Member of House of Representatives - Bribery - Offering a bribe to a member in his "capacity" as a member of Parliament - Interpretation of "in his capacity as such member" Ceylon Bribery Act (No 11 of 1954 ), s 14 (a). M, a member of the House of Representatives for a constituency in Ceylon, wrote to the Minister of Lands and Land Development recommending that the Vincent Estate, which was in his constituency and was owned by the first respondent, should be acquired under statutory authority for the benefit of certain persons in his constituency whose homes had been ruined by floods. The minister accepted the recommendation and the first respondent visited the government agent and informed him that the Vincent Estate itself was liable to fl Less