Bribery
101 Bribery
A person who—
asks for or receives; or
offers, or agrees, to ask for or receive;
a benefit, whether for the person or for another person, on the understanding that the person’s election conduct will be influenced or affected commits a misdemeanour.Maximum penalty—1 year’s imprisonment.
A person who, in order to influence or affect the election conduct of another person (the affected person), gives a benefit to any person (whether or not the affected person) commits a misdemeanour.Maximum penalty—1 year’s imprisonment.
In this section—election conduct of a person means—
the person’s voting or not voting at an election; or
the way in which the person votes at an election; or
the person’s nominating as a candidate for an election; or
the person’s support of, or opposition to, a candidate at an election.
give includes promise and offer to give. sch 1 pt 3 ch 14 ch div 3 s 101 amd 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2
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