La. Stat. tit. 14 § 73

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 14:73 - Commercial bribery
A. Commercial bribery is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value to any private agent, employee, or fiduciary, without the knowledge and consent of the principal or employer, with the intent to influence such agent's, employee's, or fiduciary's action in relation to the principal's or employer's affairs.
B. The agent's, employee's, or fiduciary's acceptance of or offer to accept, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value under such circumstances shall also constitute commercial bribery.
C. An offender under this Section who states the facts, under oath, to the district attorney charged with prosecution of the offense, and who gives evidence tending to convict any other offender under this article, may, in the discretion of the district attorney, be granted full immunity from prosecution for commercial bribery, in respect to the particular offense reported.
D. Whoever commits the crime of commercial bribery shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

La. R.S. § 14:73

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
Amended by Acts 2014, No. 791,s. 7, eff. 8/1/2014.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 647, §1.