影响力交易在《刑法典》第246 至249 条中被定为了犯罪。但是，惟有达到意图“从某部门或公共行政部门获得任何特殊待遇、就业、公开招标或任何其他任何有利决定之程度的，方能定罪”。另一方面，犯罪行为即便没有达到预期的结果，同样构成犯罪既遂。
Trading in influence is criminalized in articles 246 to 249 CP. However, it is only criminalized to the extent that one intends to “obtain from an authority or a public administration any distinction, employment, public tender or any other favourable decision”. On the other hand, the offence is completed even if it does not achieve the desired result.