Bribing a labor official; defense · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 180.20 Bribing a labor official; defense.
In any prosecution for bribing a labor official, it is a defense that the defendant conferred or agreed to confer the benefit involved upon the labor official as a result of conduct of the latter constituting larceny committed by means of extortion, or an attempt to commit the same, or coercion, or an attempt to commit coercion.
A defendant charged with bribing a labor official has a defense if the defendant gave or agreed to give the benefit because the labor official engaged in extortion, attempted extortion, coercion, or attempted coercion. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.