Understanding the Ordinance:
According to section 9 of the POBO,
- No agent (usually an employee, please refer to the text of the law for the definition) shall solicit or accept any advantage without the permission of his principal (usually an employer, please refer to the text of the law for the definition) when conducting his principal's affairs or business; the offeror of the advantage is also guilty of an offence.
- "Advantage" includes money, gifts, loans, commissions, offices, contracts, services, favours and discharge of liability in whole or in part, but does not include entertainment.
- "Entertainment" means the provision of food or drink, for consumption on the occasion when it is provided, and of any other entertainment connected with, or provided at the same time as, such provisions.