New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 215

215 Display, publish or distribute material falsely appearing to be made by Electoral Commission

A person is guilty of an offence if--

(a) the person displays, publishes or distributes material (or causes or permits material to be displayed, published or distributed), and

(b) the person does so knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, the material falsely appears to have been authorised by the Electoral Commission or Electoral Commissioner.

: Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.