New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 185

185 Writing, drawing or depicting electoral matter

(1) A person must not, during the regulated period, write, draw or depict any electoral matter directly on any property, being a roadway, footpath, building, vehicle, vessel, hoarding or place (whether it is or is not a public place and whether on land or water).

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of a corporation--15 penalty units, or

(b) in any other case--3 penalty units.

(2) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if the person--

(a) was the owner or joint owner of the property, or

(b) performed the act concerned with the permission in writing of the owner or a joint owner of the property.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a person is not guilty of an offence under this section involving a vehicle, vessel or hoarding if the person--

(a) was the owner or joint owner of the premises on which the vehicle, vessel or hoarding was situated, or

(b) performed the act concerned with the permission in writing of the owner or a joint owner of the premises.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to any premises or property occupied or used by, or under the control or management of--

(a) the Crown or a NSW Government agency, or

(b) any council or county council.