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Bribery

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Part VIIReferendum offences

42 Bribery

A person who gives, confers, or procures, or promises, or offers to give or confer, or to procure or attempt to procure, any money, property or benefit of any kind, to, upon, or for an elector or any other person —

(a)

in order to influence the elector in his vote in connection with a referendum or to induce him to mark his vote in a particular manner; or

(b)

in order to induce the elector to refrain from voting at a referendum; or

(c)

in the case of a referendum as to a Bill, in order to induce the elector to support or oppose the Bill,

shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $400 or imprisonment for one year.

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