servant’s possession of disproportionate assets by introducing a requirement that in addition to possession, the intention of the public servant to acquire disproportionate assets must be established, thus ‘raising the threshold for proving the offence’. Further, the bill redefines the offence of criminal misconduct by a public servant, narrowing its scope to cover only dishonest and fraudulent misappropriation of property under his control, and intentional illicit enrichment and possession of disproportionate assets. It excises from the offence three circumstances covered by the main act:
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