《反贿赂法》第5 条将公职人员以对公共当局施加影响力为交换，索取或收受贿赂的行为定为刑事犯罪，但并不包括该公职人员犯罪时的“其他任何人”。在此类情况下，若提议或许诺被接受，则认定行贿者犯有《反贿赂法》第10 条确立的罪行；若提议或许诺未被接受，则认定其犯有第9 条确立的罪行。尽管没有条款明确将许诺施加影响力但所做许诺未被接受的行为定为刑事犯罪，但法律判例表明，行贿的概念也包括做出许诺。
Article 5 of the Anti-Bribery Law criminalizes the solicitation or acceptance of a bribe by a public official in exchange for using his influence over a public authority, although it does not cover “any other person” at the point when the official commits the offence. In such cases, the briber is considered to have committed an offence under article 10 of the aforesaid law if the offer or promise is accepted or under article 9 if the offer is not accepted. Despite the absence of explicit provisions that criminalize the act of promising to use one’s influence in cases where the promise is not accepted, legal precedents indicate that the concept of offering a bribe also covers the making of promises.