Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who--
(a) asks for or receives; or
(b) offers, or agrees, to ask for or receive;
a benefit of any kind, whether for himself or herself or for someone else, on the understanding that the person's election conduct will be influenced or affected is guilty of a crime.
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment.
(2) A person who, in order to influence or affect another person's election conduct, gives a benefit of any kind to anyone is guilty of a crime.
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment.
(3) In this section--
election conduct of a person means--
(a) the way in which the person votes at an election or referendum; or
(b) the person's nominating as a candidate for an election; or
(c) the person's support of, or opposition to, a candidate or a political party at an election; or
(d) the person's approval or disapproval of the Bill or question submitted to the electors at a referendum.
give includes promise or offer to give.