Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 3 Offences against the administration of law and justice, against office and againstpublic authorityChapter 15 Selling and trafficking in offices[s 114](5) An officer who places a mark or writing on an elector’s ballotpaper commits a misdemeanour.Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.(6) A person does not commit an offence against this section onlyby doing something the person is ordered by a court orauthorised under the authorising Act to do.(7) Also this section does not apply to a police officer doing athing in the course of performing a duty of a police officer.(8) In this section—officer, in relation to an election, means a person performingduties at the election under the authorising Act.114 Breaking the seal of a parcel at elections(1) A person who wilfully opens or breaks the seal of a parcelsealed under the authorising Act for an election commits amisdemeanour.Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.(2) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1)only by doing something the person is ordered by a court orauthorised under the authorising Act to do.(3) Also subsection (1) does not apply to a police officer doing athing in the course of performing a duty of a police officer.Chapter 15Selling and trafficking in offices118 Bargaining for offices in public serviceAny person who—(a) corruptly asks for, receives, or obtains, or agrees orattempts to receive or obtain, any property or benefit ofCurrent as at 1 December 2014 Page 97