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Criminal Code Act 1983
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88 Bribery
(a) gives, confers or procures, or promises or offers to give or
confer or to procure or attempt to procure, to, upon or for any
person any property or benefit of any kind on account of
anything already done or omitted to be done, or to be
afterwards done or omitted to be done, by an elector at an
election in the capacity of an elector or in order to induce any
person to endeavour to procure the return of any person at an
election, or the vote of any elector at an election;
(b) being an elector, asks, receives or obtains, or agrees or
attempts to receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any
kind for himself or any other person on account of anything
already done or omitted to be done, or to be afterwards done
or omitted to be done, by him at an election in the capacity of
an elector;
(c) asks, receives or obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or
obtain, any property or benefit of any kind for himself or any
other person on account of a promise made by him or any
other person to endeavour to procure the return of any person
at an election, or the vote of any person at an election; or
(d) advances or pays any money to or for the benefit of any other
person with the intent that such money shall be applied for any
of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or in
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discharge or repayment of money wholly or in part applied for
any such purpose,