A state official according to this chapter means any public official in the administrative or judicial authority and any officer who works in the civil or military authorities or any of its members in addition to any worker or employee of the state or the public administration. Chapter One Crimes Pertaining the Breach of Public Office Duties (1) Bribery Article (170) Any state official or person seconded to perform a public service either through election or appointment and any other person assigned to perform an official function such as an arbitrator or an expert, seeks or accepts for himself or on behalf of another a gift, a promise or any other benefit to perform his / her duty shall be punished by imprisonment for no less than two years and a fine equal to the value of the item he / she asked for or accepted Article (171) 1. Any of the persons stipulated in the pervious article who seeks or accepts for himself or for another a gift or a promise or any other benefit in order carry out an act that dose not fall within the duties of hi s/ her office; or to refrain from carrying out an act that falls under the duties of his / her office, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment with hard labor and a fine equal the whatever amount he / she sought or accepted. 2. The attorney who commits the same acts shall be punished with the same penalties. Article (172) 1. The person offering the bribe shall be punished by the same penalties stipulated in the pervious two articles. 2. The person who offered the bribe as well as the intermediary shall be exempted from punishment if they informed the related authority of the act or confessed to it before the case is referred to the court. Article (173) Whoever offered one of the persons stipulated in article (170), a gift or another benefit or promised him/her of such things in order to carry out an act that dose not fall within the duties of his/her office or in order to refrain from performing an act that do fall within the duties of his/her office, shall be punished - if the offer was not accepted - by imprisonment for no less than three months and a fine from ten to two hundred dinars (JD10-200). (2) Embezzlement and Misuse of Public Office Article (174) 1. Any public official who take ownership of what he/she is supposed to control or administer or collect or keep of state or private persons money and other property,