Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 341

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is an officer or a scrutineer; and

  (b)   the person wears or displays any badge or emblem of a candidate or political party; and

  (c)   the person does so:

  (i)   in a polling booth on polling day or on a day to which the polling is adjourned for the election; or

  (ii)   in a pre - poll voting office at any time during which applications for pre - poll votes may be made, or pre - poll ordinary voting is available, at the office.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

  (2)   Strict liability applies to an offence against subsection   (1).

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .