Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who gives information to the Electoral Commission of Queensland under the Electoral Act 1992 or Referendums Act 1997, including information in a document, that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of a crime.
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person giving a document if, when giving the document to someone, the person--
(a) informs the other person, to the best of the person's ability, how it is false or misleading; and
(b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information--gives the other person the correct information.