Cite as: 21 CNCA § 382

Every executive, legislative, judicial, or other public officer, or any employee of Cherokee Nation or any political subdivision thereof, including peace officers and any other law enforcement officer, or any person assuming to act as such officer, who corruptly accepts or requests a gift or gratuity, or a promise to make a gift, or a promise to do an act beneficial to such officer, or that judgment shall be given in any particular manner, or upon a particular side of any question, cause or proceeding, which is or may be by law brought before him in his official capacity, or that in such capacity he shall make any particular nomination or appointment, shall forfeit his office, be forever disqualified to hold any public office, trust, or appointment under the laws of this Nation, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment not exceeding three (3) years, or by a fine not exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), or both.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990. Amended LA 28-20, eff. December 14, 2020.