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ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 151 Bribery

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 151

Bribery

S. 151(1) amended by No. 44/2006 s. 7(1).

    (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.

Note to s. 151(1) inserted by No. 13/2013 s. 20(1).

Note

Section 179A applies to an offence against this subsection.

S. 151(1A) inserted by No. 44/2006 s. 7(2).

    (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).

S. 151(2) amended by No. 44/2006 s. 7(3).

    (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.

Note to s. 151(2) inserted by No. 13/2013 s. 20(1).

Note

Section 179A applies to an offence against this subsection.

S. 151(2A) inserted by No. 44/2006 s. 7(4).

    (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.