Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 270

270 Gifts of foreign property—when unlawful for political party, candidate etc. to receive gift

(1) It is unlawful for an entity to receive a gift of foreign property in any of the following circumstances—

(a) the gift is received by a registered political party (or by a person acting on behalf of a registered political party);

(b) the gift is received by a candidate (or by a person acting on behalf of a candidate) during the candidacy period.

(2) If an entity specified in column 2 of an item in the following table receives a gift that, under subsection (1) , it is unlawful for the entity to receive, an amount equal to the value of the gift is payable to the State by the person or persons specified in column 3 of that item.

	Liability for unlawful receipt of gift
	Column 1 Item	Column 2 If the recipient is ...		Column 3 the amount is payable by ...
	1	a registered political party that is a corporation (or a person acting on behalf of a registered political party that is a corporation)		the registered political party
	2	a registered political party that is not a corporation (or a person acting on behalf of a registered political party that is not a corporation)		the agent of the registered political party
	3	a candidate (or a person acting on behalf of a candidate)		the candidate and the agent of the candidate

(3) If, under subsection (2) , an amount is payable to the State by 2 or more persons, those persons are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the amount.

(4) An amount that, under subsection (2) , is payable by a person or persons to the State may be recovered by the State as a debt due to the State.