The purpose of Section 16 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is to:

Section 16 requires the court fixing a fine to consider "the amount or the value of the property, if any, which the accused person has obtained by committing the offence", or unexplained resources in a section 13(1)(b) case, so the fine reflects the corrupt gain. Habitual offenders are dealt with by section 14, commercial organisations by section 9, and "public servant" is defined in section 2(c).