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19. Inducements

The Buyer may cancel this Contract and recover from the Supplier the amount of any loss resulting from such cancellation, if the Supplier shall have offered, or given or agreed to give, to any person employed by, or in the service of, the Buyer any gift, consideration or reward of any kind as an inducement for doing, or promising to do or for having done or promising to do, any action in relation to the obtaining or the execution of this Contract or any other contract with the Buyer, or for showing or promising to show favour or disfavour to any person, in relation to this Contract or any other contract with the Buyer, or if the like acts shall have been done by it, or person employed by it or acting on its behalf (whether with or without the Supplier’s knowledge) or if in relation to any contract with the Buyer the Supplier or any person employed by it or acting on its behalf shall have committed an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 1916, or shall have given any fee or reward the receipt of which is an offence under Section 117 (2) and (3) of the Local Government Act 1972.