Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person (the giver) who gives to another person, under the authorising Act for an election, for a purpose relating to the election, information that the giver knows is false or misleading in a material particular commits a crime.
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if, when giving information in a document, the giver--
(a) informs the recipient, to the best of the giver's ability, how it is false or misleading; and
(b) if the giver has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information--gives the correct information to the recipient.