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Please help me tutor. Question 1 Simon Sleeze had been Director of the Office of Local Government and Planning in Pacifika.He is now charged with

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Simon Sleeze had been Director of the Office of Local Government and Planning in Pacifika.He is now charged with an offence of corruption under s x of the Penal Code of Pacifika which states:

Any person who-

being employed in the public service, and being charged with the performance of any duty by virtue of such employment, corruptly asks for, solicits, receives or obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any kind for himself or any other person on account of anything already done or omitted to be done, or to be afterwards done or omitted to be done, by him in the discharge of the duties of his office is guilty of....

The indictment states that the State Prosecutor

...informs the court that on occasions between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2018 at locations in Capital City and in Coastal Resort Town, Simon Sleeze, being a Minister of the State and being charged with the performance of the duties of such office, corruptly received from Wanda Whiteshoes property or benefits for things to be done or omitted to be done in the discharge of such duties, contrary to the Penal Code.

Were there any defects in the indictment?

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