Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 135

135 Payments for failure to vote

(1) If the commission sends a person a notice under section 134 (1) for an election and the person makes payment to the commission under the subsection, the commissioner must—

(a) accept the payment; and

(b) give the person a receipt for the payment; and

(c) not take any proceeding against the person for failing to vote at the election.

(2) In this section—

"proceeding" includes serving an infringement notice under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 .