Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 112

112 False or misleading information

(1) A person (the
"giver" ) who gives to another person, under the authorising Act for an election, for a purpose relating to the election, information that the giver knows is false or misleading in a material particular commits a crime.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if, when giving information in a document, the giver—

(a) informs the recipient, to the best of the giver’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and

(b) if the giver has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the recipient.