《刑法》第308 条（非法干预）将影响力交易定为刑事罪。明确涵盖行贿和受贿两种行为；无论是否在事后施加影响力，也不论（潜在）影响力是真实的还是只是假装的，在影响力交易完成后即构成犯罪。
Trading in influence is criminalized through section 308 PC (illicit intervention). Both the active and the passive side are covered explicitly, the offence is already completed with the trading of the influence, no matter if the influence is exerted afterwards and also irrespective of whether the (potential) influence is real or only pretended.