《刑法典》第202 条将公职人员索取或收受不正当好处作为施加其影响力的回报定为刑事犯罪，但不包括“任何其他人”。在这种情况下，提议给予贿赂的人这样做，就犯下了和第202 条一并解读的《刑法典》第44 和45 条规定所述罪行（参与），但只在所作提议被接受的情况下才属于犯罪。
Article 202 of the Criminal Code criminalizes the solicitation or acceptance by a public official of any undue advantage in return for exercising his influence, but does not cover “any other person”. In such cases, a person who has offered a bribe has, in so doing, committed an offence under the provisions of articles 44 and 45 of the Criminal Code (participation) read together with article 202, but only if the offer is accepted.