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(a) offers an advantage to a person who has lodged an election petition or an election appeal as an inducement to withdraw the petition or appeal; or

(b) offers an advantage to another person to get the other person to induce or try to induce a person who has lodged an election petition or an election appeal to withdraw the petition or appeal.

(3) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person solicits or accepts an advantage as a reward for—

(a) having withdrawn an election petition or an election appeal; or

(b) having induced another person to withdraw such a petition or appeal.

(4) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person—

(a) offers an advantage to another person as a reward for having withdrawn or agreed to withdraw an election petition or an election appeal; or

(b) offers an advantage to another person as a reward for having got a person who has lodged an election petition or an election appeal to withdraw the petition or appeal.

(5) For the purposes of this section—

(a) a person solicits an advantage if the person asks for, or shows a willingness to receive, an advantage, either for the person's own benefit or for the benefit of another person; and

(b) a person accepts an advantage if the person receives or obtains an advantage, or agrees to receive or obtain an advantage, either for the person's own benefit or for the benefit of another person; and

(c) a person offers an advantage if the person confers, undertakes to confer or shows a willingness to confer, an advantage on another person.

PART 3
Illegal Conduct

22. What penalties can be imposed for illegal conduct at elections?

(1) Any person who engages in illegal conduct at an election commits an offence and is—

(a) if tried summarily, liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 1 year; or

(b) if tried on indictment, liable on conviction to a fine of $200,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years.