Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 175R

    (1)     An associated entity commits an offence if the entity:

        (a)     intentionally fails to register under this Part; and

        (b)     receives a gift or incurs electoral expenditure.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for an individual – 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both;

        (b)     for a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units.

    (2)     A third party campaigner commits an offence if the campaigner:

        (a)     intentionally fails to register under this Part in relation to an election; and

        (b)     incurs more than $1 000 of political expenditure in relation to that election.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for an individual – 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both;

        (b)     for a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units.

    (3)     Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b).