Part 6 s 99 Crimes Act 1961 Version as at 6 November 2021 Part 6 Crimes affecting the administration of law and justice Bribery and corruption 99 Interpretation In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,— bribe means any money, valuable consideration, office, or employment, or any benefit, whether direct or indirect judicial officer means a Judge of any court, or a District Court Judge, Coroner, Justice of the Peace, or Community Magistrate, or any other person holding any judicial office, or any person who is a member of any tribunal authorised by law to take evidence on oath law enforcement officer means any constable, or any person employed in the detection or prosecution or punishment of offenders official means any person in the service of the Sovereign in right of New Zea‐ land (whether that service is honorary or not, and whether it is within or out‐ side New Zealand), or any member or employee of any local authority or pub‐ lic body, or any person employed in the education service within the meaning of section 10(7) of the Education and Training Act 2020. Compare: 1908 No 32 ss 126, 127 Section 99 judicial officer: amended, on 30 June 1998, by section 4 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 2) 1998 (1998 No 79). Section 99 judicial officer: amended, on 1 April 1980, pursuant to section 18(2) of the District Courts Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 125). Section 99 official: amended, on 1 August 2020, by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38). 100 Judicial corruption (1) Every judicial officer is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, any bribe for himself or herself or any other person in respect of any act done or omitted, or to be done or omitted, by him or her in his or her judicial capacity. (2) Every judicial officer, and every Registrar or Deputy Registrar of any court, is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, any bribe for him‐ self or herself or any other person in respect of any act done or omitted, or to be done or omitted, by him or her in his or her official capacity, not being an act or omission to which subsection (1) applies. Compare: 1908 No 32 ss 126(a), 127(a) 76