Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 âGratificationâ means
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UPSC CISF-AC-EXE â 2021
While the original 1988 Act defined âgratificationâ to include pecuniary gratification or gratification estimable in money, the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 significantly broadened the scope by replacing âgratificationâ with âundue advantageâ in operative sections and defining âundue advantageâ under Section 2(d) as âany gratification whatever, other than legal remunerationâ. This indicates a legislative intent to cover a wide range of benefits, not limited strictly to monetary forms or those easily estimable in money. Therefore, âgratificationâ (in the broader sense now covered by âundue advantageâ) is not restricted to pecuniary forms or those only estimable in money.
The 2018 amendmentâs definition of âundue advantageâ as âany gratification whateverâ signifies a broad interpretation extending beyond strictly monetary or estimable-in-money benefits.