Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 121

121. (1) A person shall not print, publish or distribute or cause, permit or
authorize to be printed, published or distributed an advertisement, handbill,
pamphlet or notice relating to a referendum and intended or calculated to
affect the result of the referendum unless-

   (a)  the name and address (not being a post-office box) of the person who
        authorized the advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice appears at
        the end thereof; and

   (b)  in the case of an advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice that is
        printed otherwise than in a newspaper-the name and place of business
        of the printer appears at the end thereof.

(2) A person who contravenes sub-section (1) is guilty of an offence
punishable on conviction-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-by a fine not exceeding $1,000; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-by a fine not exceeding $5,000.

(3) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to-

   (a)  a car sticker, T-shirt, lapel button, lapel badge, pen, pencil or
        balloon; or

   (b)  an article included in a prescribed class of articles.

(4) Nothing in paragraph (3) (a) shall be taken, by implication, to limit the
generality of regulations that may be made by virtue of paragraph (3) (b).