136Bribery

136  Bribery

 (1) A person must 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 herself or any other person, on an understanding that:

 (a) any vote of the first‑mentioned person; or

 (b) any candidature of the first‑mentioned person; or

 (c) any support of, or opposition to, a candidate by the first‑mentioned person; or

 (d) the doing of any act or thing by the first‑mentioned person the purpose of which is, or the effect of which is likely to be, to influence the preferences set out in the vote of a voter;

will, in any manner, be influenced or affected.

 (2) A person must not, with the intention of influencing or affecting:

 (a) any vote of another person; or

 (b) any candidature of another person; or

 (c) any support of, or opposition to, a candidate by another person; or

 (d) the doing of any act or thing by another person the purpose of which is, or the effect of which is likely to be, to influence the preferences set out in the vote of a voter;

give or confer, or promise or offer to give or confer, any property or benefit of any kind to that other person or to a third person.

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