ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 285 Bribery

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 285

    (1)     A person shall not offer, solicit or accept an electoral bribe.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     In this section:

"bribe" does not include a declaration of public policy or a promise of public action.

"electoral bribe" means a bribe for the purpose of—

        (a)     influencing the vote of an elector; or

        (b)     influencing the candidature of a person in an election; or

        (c)     otherwise influencing the course or result of an election; or

        (d)     inducing a person not to apply, or to withdraw an application, under section 192 to be a candidate for a seat in relation to which a casual vacancy has occurred, if that person is an eligible person within the meaning of that section; or

        (e)     inducing a person not to apply, or to withdraw an application, to the Court of Disputed Elections under division 16.3 to dispute the validity of an election, if that person is entitled to dispute the validity of the election under section 257.