South Australian Consolidated Acts51—Agreement preventing fair competition at auction to be void
Every agreement, whether in writing or otherwise, whereby any person promises
or agrees, either directly or indirectly, to give or allow any sum of money,
reward, benefit, or thing to any other person, in consideration of such other
person not bidding at any auction under this Act, or of his not competing at
any such auction, or in consideration of his bidding to a limited amount only,
or of his withdrawing from competition at any such auction, or in
consideration of his doing any other act or thing which in any way might tend
to prevent free and open competition at any such auction, shall be wholly
illegal and void.