Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 119

119. (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 himself
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: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, 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)  in order to influence the vote of any person at a referendum; or

   (b)  in order to induce any person to support or oppose a proposed law for
        the alteration of the Constitution.

Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

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