Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MARRIAGE LAW SURVEY (ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS) ACT 2017 (NO. 96, 2017) - SECT 13

Receiving bribes

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  after this section commences, the person:

                              (i)  asks for, receives or obtains; or

                             (ii)  offers or agrees to ask for, or receive or obtain;

                            any property or benefit of any kind for the person or any other person; and

                     (b)  the person does so on an understanding that the person's decision as to whether to provide a marriage law survey response to the Statistician, or the content of such a response, will be influenced or affected.

Penalty:  60 penalty units.

Giving bribes

             (2)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  after this section commences, the person:

                              (i)  gives or confers; or

                             (ii)  promises or offers to give or confer;

                            any property or benefit of any kind to another person; and

                     (b)  the person does so intending to influence or affect the other person's decision as to whether to provide a marriage law survey response to the Statistician, or the content of such a response.

Penalty:  60 penalty units.

Public policy or public action

             (3)  This section does not apply in relation to property or a benefit that is a declaration of public policy or a promise of public action.

Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).