Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electoral Act 2002 - SECT 151

Bribery

151. Bribery



(1) A person must not-

   (a)  ask for, receive or obtain; or

   (b)  offer to ask for, receive or obtain; or

   (c)  agree to ask for, receive or obtain-

any property or benefit of any kind, whether for the person or any other
person, on an understanding that the person's election conduct will be in any
manner influenced or affected.





(1A) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable
offence.

Penalty: Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or level 6 fine (600 penalty
units).

(2) A person must not, in order to influence or affect any person's election
conduct, give or confer, or promise or offer to give or confer, any property
or benefit of any kind to the person or any other person.

(2A) A person who contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an indictable
offence.

Penalty: Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or level 6 fine (600 penalty
units).

(3) In this section, person's election conduct means-

   (a)  the way in which the person votes at an election; or

   (b)  the person's nomination 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 doing of any act or thing by the person the purpose of which is,
        or the effect of which is likely to be, to influence the preferences
        set out in the vote of an elector.

(4) This section does not apply in relation to a declaration of public policy
or a promise of public action.