A close analysis by PRS Legislative Research of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2013, which is pending in Parliament, reveals that in significant respects the original anti-corruption law is being diluted rather than strengthened5. The bill takes away the protection given by the 1988 Act to a bribe-giver for any statement he makes during a corruption trial, thus introducing a deterrent against giving evidence as a witness. It weakens the provision relating to a public
