Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not ask for, receive or obtain, or offer or agree to ask for, or receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any kind for the person or any other person, on an understanding that any vote of the first - mentioned person at a referendum will, in any manner, be influenced or affected.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 50 penalty units, or both.
(2) A person shall not give or confer, or promise or offer to give or confer, any property or benefit of any kind to another person:
(a) with the intention of influencing the vote of any person at a referendum; or
(b) with the intention of inducing any person to support or oppose a proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 50 penalty units, or both.
(3) This section does not apply in relation to a declaration of public policy or a promise of public action.