When a person is found to have committed corruption offence, the Principal could recover the
amount of the bribe as a civil debt. An example is the manager of a multi-national company (MNC)convicted of a corruption offence for receiving kickbacks for contracts he granted to others. He was
sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a penalty of about $300,000, being the
total of bribes received by him. After the sentencing, the MNC commenced civil action under the
Prevention of Corruption Act to recover the bribes from the Manager. The manager appealed to the
Court of Appeal against the claim on the ground that he had already paid penalty to the State for the
bribes he had received and he could not be liable to pay the claim to the MNC, otherwise it would be
tantamount to making him pay twice for the same bribes. However, his appeal was dismissed by the
Court of Appeal. The court ruled that this was not double jeopardy and the law allowed for it. The
manager is thus still liable to pay the MNC.